/buf"euh loh'/ , n. , pl. buffaloes, buffalos , ( esp. collectively ) buffalo , v. , buffaloed, buffaloing .
n.
1. any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Cf. bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo .
2. See buffalo robe .
3. a buffalofish.
4. a shuffling tap-dance step.
v.t. Informal.
5. to puzzle or baffle; confuse; mystify: He was buffaloed by the problem.
6. to impress or intimidate by a display of power, importance, etc.: The older boys buffaloed him.
[ 1535-45, Amer.; earlier bufalo
bufaro ) bufalus, var. of L bubalus BUBAL ]