Used in a Sentence

buffs

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for buffs.

Editorial note

A couple of us movie buffs got together to build this app ahead of the event this Sunday.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of buffs gathered in one view.

noun

Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.

noun

A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.

noun

A brownish yellow colour.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for buffs.

noun

Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.

noun

A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.

noun

A brownish yellow colour.

noun

A military coat made of buff leather.

Example sentences

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A couple of us movie buffs got together to build this app ahead of the event this Sunday.

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Movie buffs will likely enjoy it, more casual movie watchers like myself probably won't get far.

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And you have a very small proportion of film buffs who prefer the AV quality of physical media, like Blu-Ray.

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You might expect the upper classes to be opera buffs and experts on classical music.

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The heroes who most likely need buffs will be at the bottom of that list.

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Not to mention that the real science buffs typically can't even begin to understand that _not everyone thinks the way they do_.

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For example, I know there were buffs, but PIE Smug has single-handedly moved Dudley up the tier list.

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My use case was that I'm in a long-distance relationship and we both are huge movie buffs.

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When I was in Tech school we used to play in the training Buffs at lunch time.

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An interesting bit of trivia for computer history buffs: Alan Turing independently discovered the Central Limit Theorem while still an undergrad in 1934.

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And while minmaxers would find a combo that was hard to beat, often alternatives could be found without large scale nerfs and buffs.

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Even if you try to balance everything, that's impossible to achieve; every class has dozens of spells, talents, buffs...

Quote examples

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Perhaps parliamentary procedure buffs, who (say) care about 2/3s majority just as much as simple majority ("most"), come up with "tooths" meaning "at least two thirds of", and it becomes accepted as jargon within that community.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use buffs in a sentence?

A couple of us movie buffs got together to build this app ahead of the event this Sunday.

What does buffs mean?

Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.

What part of speech is buffs?

buffs is commonly used as noun.