TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “buffalo

Hear “buffalo” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.

Pronunciation guide for buffalo

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of buffalo with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Secret Code Girls of World War IIof the University of Buffalo, who before the war
Definition summary
An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.

Example 1 of 8

How to pronounce buffalo

Secret Code Girls of World War II

of the University of Buffalo, who before the war

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “buffalo

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
  • A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
  • Ellipsis of buffalo robe.
  • The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
  • (US slang) A nickel.
  • (slang, US, historical) A looter during the Civil War.
  • (slang, derogatory) A large or stupid person.
  • (slang, derogatory) An obese person, usually a woman.
  • (slang, derogatory, offensive) A black male.
  • Ellipsis of American buffalo (“gold bullion coin”).
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To hunt buffalo.
  • (US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
  • (archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip.

Practice Nearby Words

american buffalo, american bison, bison bison, old world buffalo, bull, cow, vaccine, park, wild, bigmouth, suny, bison, bewilder, perplex, puzzle, confound, confuse, baffle, faze, disconcert, rattle, unsettle, bemuse, flummox, stump, nonplus, mystify, browbeat, shake, intimidate, bully, buffaloe, antelope, caribou, moose, goat, cariboo, springbuck, prairie, bisons, humpless, kudu, deer, cattle, nilgai, zebra, springbok, muskox, elks, kangaroo, kongoni, herds, eland, pronghorns, herd, pheasant, guanaco, chippewa, coyote, antelopes, indian, gaurs, blesbok, caribous, carabao, ostrich, gemsbok, leopard, tiger, brocket, porcupine, longhorns, beaver, muskrat, boar, pronghorn, zebu, cowtown, cheetah, hippopotamus, cottonwood, dakotas, jackal, jackalope, tallgrass, yaks, wapiti, cowboys, jackel, auroch, salsbury, gaur, sitatunga, wildebeest, chicken, shorthorn, powderhorn, hippo, longhorn, rhinoceros

Similar Sounds

buffalo, buffaloe, buffaloes, buffalos, bufalo, buffle, beefalo, buffel, buffaloed, biffle, baffle, baffles, befell, bedfellow, befehl, huffily, befall, befalls, bigelow, befoul, befool, buffet, baffled, baffling, piffle, befallen, bashfully, buffa, bee fly, baffler, balefully, buckalew, banefully, buffum, be full, piffles, bottle o, buffalo bur, bphil, buffing, below, bellow, billow, bevel, belo, buffett, bethel, bello, brillo, buffin, bevil, befouled, bacilli, billo, bevill, biffo, befalling, bevels, biffa, badillo, bethell, botello, botelho, binful, belleau, befooled, biglow, bolillo, biella, bay willow, befooling, buckelew, bulow, bashful, barlow, baleful, baneful, baloo, ballo, ballou, balu, balo, ballow, barolo, bakula, bateful, backflow, balogh, barlowe, bacalao, bayfield, baffa, batala, balai, batalla, bacala, back flow, bafo, bafa, baggily