Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: buffalo
IPA transcription: [b'ʌfəl,oʊ]
Pronunciations of buffalo
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: American_bison, American_buffalo, buffalo, Bison_bison
    Meaning: large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: buffalo
    Meaning: intimidate or overawe
Usage examples
  • Instead of blankets, many of the travellers bought the cheaper buffalo robes.
  • "If you go to catch the buffalo, Dharmu, It will kill you. How shall we drink milk?
  • "Blood, a regular pool of it--enough to have cleared out the carcass of a hull buffalo.
  • The following afternoon he again requested me to go out and get some fresh buffalo meat.
  • Great herds of buffalo were slaughtered to get the hides, which were of comparatively slight value.
  • In this island is also found the rhinoceros, an animal less than the elephant, but larger than the buffalo.
  • I heard not the thunder of the hoofs of buffalo, nor the faint crack of the twig beneath the panther's foot.
  • Lieutenant Baldwin has been on the frontier many years, and is an experienced hunter of buffalo and antelope.
  • There were young foxes, bears, wolves, raccoons, fawns, buffalo calves and birds of all kinds, tamed by various boys.
  • Much depends upon the horse, too, for so many horses are afraid of a buffalo, and lunge sideways just at the critical moment.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Alexi Salamone, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Aztalan State Park, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Gail Edwards, License CC BY-SA 4.0