BLINDMAN'S BUFF

Meaning of BLINDMAN'S BUFF in English

/bluynd"manz' buf"/

a game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify one of the other players. Also called blindman's bluff .

[ 1580-90 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BLINDMAN'S BUFF — noun Date: 1599 a group game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify another player
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — ˈblīn(d)ˌmanz-, -ˌmaa(ə)nz- noun Etymology: blind man + buff (buffet) 1. : a group game in which a blindfolded player tries …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — () A play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell …
Английский словарь Webster
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — A play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell who …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — noun Date: 1599 : a group game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify another player — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — a play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell who …
Webster English vocab
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — [blind.man's buff] n (1600): a group game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify another player--called also …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — children's game played as early as 2,000 years ago in Greece. The game is variously known in Europe: Italy, mosca …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — Pronunciation: ' bl ī n(d)- ' manz- Function: noun Date: 1599 : a group game in which a blindfolded player …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — A play used by children, where one being blinded by a handkerchief bound over his eyes, attempts to seize any …
Slang English vocab
BLINDMAN'S-BUFF — n. Hoodman-blind, blind-man-buff.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
BUFF — adj firm; sturdy. 2. buff ·adj made of buff leather. 3. buff ·adj of the color of buff. 4. buff …
Webster English vocab
BUFF — I. ˈbəf noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English buffe, from Middle French, of imitative origin now chiefly dialect : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLINDMAN — -dmən noun ( plural blindmen blind ( mail ) illegible or insufficiently addressed mail + man ) chiefly Britain : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUFF — (v. t.) To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
Английский словарь Webster
BUFF — ( v. t. ) To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BUFF — buff 1 — buffability , n. — buffable , adj. /buf/ , n. 1. a soft, thick, light-yellow leather with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUFF — I. ˈbəf noun Etymology: Middle French buffle wild ox, from Old Italian bufalo Date: 1570 1. : a garment (as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUFF — / bʌf; NAmE / noun , adjective , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] (used in compounds) a person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUFF — I. buff 1 /bʌf/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1: Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: buff 'someone very interested in going …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUFF — adj., n., & v. --adj. of a yellowish beige colour (buff envelope). --n. 1 a yellowish beige colour. 2 colloq. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUFF — adj., n., & v. adj. of a yellowish beige colour (buff envelope). n. 1 a yellowish beige colour. 2 colloq. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUFF — adj., n., & v. --adj. of a yellowish beige colour (buff envelope). --n. 1. a yellowish beige colour. 2 colloq. …
Oxford English vocab
BUFF — ( buffs, buffing, buffed) 1. Something that is buff is pale brown in colour. He took a largish buff envelope …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUFF — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a film buff (= someone who is interested in films and knows a lot …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUFF — (NAKED) [noun] [U] - in the buff with no clothes onWe were a little surprised that she answered the door …
Cambridge English vocab
BUFF — All in buff; stript to the skin, stark naked. BUFF. To stand buff; to stand the brunt. To swear as …
Slang English vocab
BUFF — I. noun Buff is used after these nouns: ↑ film , ↑ fitness , ↑ movie , ↑ music , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BUFF — n. 25B6; adjective a plain buff envelope : BEIGE, yellowish, yellowish-brown, light brown, fawn, sandy, wheaten, biscuit, camel. 25B6; verb …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BUFF — 1. сущ. 1) буйволовая кожа; толстая бычачья кожа 2) разг.; уст. кожа человека to strip to the buff ≈ раздеть …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUFF — buff.ogg _I 1. bʌf n 1. буйволовая кожа; толстая бычачья кожа 2. разг. уст. кожа ( человека ) in the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BUFF — _I 1. bʌf n 1. буйволовая кожа; толстая бычачья кожа 2. разг. уст. кожа ( человека ) in the buff …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BUFF — 1. сущ. 1) буйволовая кожа; толстая бычачья кожа 2) разг. ; уст. кожа человека to strip to the buff — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BUFF — 1. сущ. 1) буйволовая кожа; толстая бычачья кожа 2) разг.; уст. кожа человека to strip to the buff — раздеть догола - in the …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BUFF — 1) кожаный или матерчатый полировальный круг || полировать кожаным или матерчатым кругом 2) амортизировать толчок, смягчать толчок, поглощать удар • …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
BUFF — 1) кожаный или матерчатый полировальный круг || полировать кожаным или матерчатым кругом 2) амортизировать толчок, смягчать толчок, поглощать удар • to buff up …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
BUFF — 1. _n. 1> буйволовая кожа; толстая бычачья кожа 2> _собир. _уст. кожа человека; to strip to the buff - раздеть …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BUFF — 1. n. 1. буйволовая кожа; толстая бычачья кожа 2. собир. уст. кожа человека; to strip to the buff - раздеть …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BUFF — 1. _n. 1> буйволовая кожа; толстая бычачья кожа 2> _разг. _уст. кожа человека; in buff нагишом, в чём мать родила; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
BUFF — n sl He's a Schwarzenegger buff — Он без конца смотрит фильмы с участием Шварценеггера My wife is an opera buff — …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
BUFF — n sl He's a Schwarzenegger buff — Он без конца смотрит фильмы с участием Шварценеггера My wife is an opera …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
BUFF — buff n sl He's a Schwarzenegger buff Он без конца смотрит фильмы с участием Шварценеггера My wife is an opera …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
BUFF — 1. сущ. 1) буйволовая кожа; толстая бычачья кожа 2) разг.; уст. кожа человека to strip to the buff ≈ раздеть …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLINDMAN'S BLUFF — noun see: blindman's buff
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY — “- noun Etymology: blind man archaic : twilight
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY — () The time between daylight and candle light.
Английский словарь Webster
BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY — The time between daylight and candle light.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLINDMAN'S BLUFF — see blindman's buff
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY — the time between daylight and candle light.
Webster English vocab
BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY — Inexplicably eerie UK rural slang for twilight. Example: Get them sheep in, lad. Blindman's Holiday'll soon be'pon us.
Slang English vocab
BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY — Night, darkness.
Slang English vocab
HOODMAN-BLIND — noun Date: 1565 blindman's buff
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOODMAN-BLIND — |hu̇dmən| ̷ ̷ noun archaic : blindman's buff
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GENERAL POST — noun 1. : blindman's buff in which players are designated by place names and are called upon to change seats …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOODMAN-BLIND — (n.) An old term for blindman's buff.
Английский словарь Webster
BUFF (11) — (n.) A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
Английский словарь Webster
HOODMAN-BLIND — ( n. ) An old term for blindman's buff.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BUFF — ( n. ) A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOODMAN-BLIND — /hood"meuhn bluynd"/ , n. Archaic. See blindman's buff . [ 1555-65 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOODMAN-BLIND — noun Date: 1565 archaic : blindman's buff
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOODMAN-BLIND — noun an old term for blindman's buff.
Webster English vocab
HOODMAN-BLIND — [hood.man-blind] n (1565) archaic: blindman's buff
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHILDREN'S GAME — any of the amusements and pastimes of children that may involve spontaneous, unstructured activity, based mostly on fantasy and imagination, …
Britannica English vocabulary

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