Meaning

3 senses
  1. Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.

    of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

  2. (colloquial)Unusually muscular.

    The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.

    muskulös, durchtrainiert

  3. (Multicultural London English, slang)Physically attractive.

    attraktiv, gut aussehend

Examples

41 sentences
  1. I know Tom is a movie buff.

  2. Here's a question for you trivia buffs.

  3. I didn't know Tom was a film buff.

  4. I know that Tom is a movie buff.

  5. I didn't know that Tom was a film buff.

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
unusually muscular:
physically attractive:

Forms

buffer/more buff, buffest/most buff
Comparativebuffer / more buff Lesson
Superlativebuffest / most buff Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
buffedbuffed out

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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