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What does buff mean?

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Noun
  1. Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
  2. A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
  3. A brownish yellow colour.
  4. A military coat made of buff leather.
  5. (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject; an enthusiast.
  6. (video game) An effect that temporarily makes a character stronger.
  7. (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
  8. The bare skin.
  9. The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
  10. A substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
  11. A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
Adjective
  1. Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
  2. (bodybuilding): Unusually muscular. (also buffed or buffed out)
  3. (slang) attractive.
Verb
  1. To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
  2. (video game) To make a character or an item stronger.
  3. (medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
Verb
  1. To strike.
Noun
  1. (obsolete) A buffet; a blow.
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