Usually means: Intimidating or deceiving through pretense.
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  1. buffaloing: Merriam-Webster
  2. buffaloing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buffaloing: Collins English Dictionary
  4. buffaloing: Vocabulary.com
  5. buffaloing: Wiktionary
  6. buffaloing: Dictionary.com
  7. Buffaloing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. buffaloing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Buffaloing: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See buffalo as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (buffalo)

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.
noun:  A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
noun:  The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
noun:  (US slang) A nickel.
noun:  (slang, US, historical) A looter during the Civil War.
noun:  (slang, derogatory) A large or stupid person.
noun:  (slang, derogatory) An obese person, usually a woman.
noun:  (slang, derogatory, offensive) A black male.
verb:  (transitive) To hunt buffalo.
verb:  (US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
verb:  (archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip.
noun:  A number of places in the United States, including:
noun:  A city, the county seat of Erie County, New York, very near Niagara Falls.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Wright County, Minnesota.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Missouri.
noun:  A town, the county seat of Harper County, Oklahoma.
noun:  A town, the county seat of Harding County, South Dakota.
noun:  A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, not to be confused with Buffalo City in the same county.
noun:  A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Wyoming.
noun:  A number of townships, including in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Buffalo Township.
noun:  Ellipsis of buffalo robe. [(US, historical) A cured bison hide, with the hair left on, used as a blanket or wrap.]
noun:  Short for American buffalo (“gold bullion coin”). [Bison bison; Synonym of American bison]
▸ Also see buffalo


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