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buff | kuff |

As an acronym buff

is (slang|us|air force) big ugly fat fellow (or fucker); us airforce nickname for the b-52 bomber.

As a noun kuff is

(pejorative|slang) a non-muslim.

buff

English

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
  • * Shakespeare
    • a suit of buff
  • A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
  • A brownish yellow colour.
  • * Dryden
    • a visage rough, deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff
  • A military coat made of buff leather.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject; an enthusiast.
    • He’s a history buff .
  • (gaming) An effect that temporally makes a gaming character stronger.
  • (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
  • The bare skin.
    • to strip to the buff
  • * Wright
    • To be in buff is equivalent to being naked.
  • The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
  • A substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
  • * Police said the 20 ton hydraulic jack was used to press mixtures of cocaine and "buff" into bricks. (CBC)
    • Derived terms
    * in the buff
    Antonyms
    * (video games) debuff * (video games) nerf

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
  • (bodybuilding): Unusually muscular. (also buffed'' or ''buffed out )
    • The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.
  • * 1994 , Blurred Boundaries: Questions of Meaning in Contemporary Culture , page 155:
    • The appearance of logic often derives from faulty syllogisms such as Sgt. Koon's conclusion that King was an ex-con because he was "buffed out " (heavily muscled). The thinking is: "ex-cons are often buffed out; this man is buffed out; therefore, this man is an ex-con."
  • (slang) attractive.
    • Derived terms
    * buff-tip moth * buffly

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
  • (gaming) To make a character stronger.
    • The enchanter buffed the paladin to prepare him to fight the dragon.
    Derived terms
    * buff out * buff up * buff wheel

    Synonyms

    * (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing) wax, shine, polish, furbish, burnish
    Antonyms
    * (video games) debuff * (video games) nerf

    See also

    *

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strike.
    • (Ben Jonson)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A buffet; a blow.
  • * Spenser
    • Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent / That made him reel.
    Derived terms
    * blind man's buff

    kuff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative, slang) A non-Muslim.
  • :*{{quote-web
    • , date = 2014-08-11 , author = Twitter user @Hamse45 , title = Tweet , site = , url = https://twitter.com/Hamse45/status/498981889739608065 , passage = I won't ever say RIP for a kuff cuz he won't be resting in peace while he's in the hell fire }}
  • :*{{quote-web
    • , date = 2014-09-16 , author = Twitter user @Feesabeelilah , title = Tweet , site = , url = https://twitter.com/AmaatuLlah/status/512001934836772864 , passage = So much discussion on Hennings in my TL. People need to stop being emotional. This deen has rules. The asl of the blood of the kuff is halal }}
  • :*{{quote-web
    • , date = 2014-09-22 , author = Twitter user @itsnadias , title = Tweet , site = , url = https://twitter.com/itsnadias/status/514019997346463744 , passage = Someone punch these kuff in my @ to Siraat al mustaqeem }}
  • :*{{quote-web
    • , date = 2014-09-18 , author = Twitter user @MannWaSalwah , title = Tweet , site = , url = https://twitter.com/MannWaSalwah/status/512725754069524482 , passage = Stupid kuffs are so backwards. According to their idea of honour animals are the most honoured cuz they aint got no clothing at all. }}