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LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
Autor:
Thomas - USA
E-mail:
Mary
Data:
11/ABR/2016 4:00 PM
Assunto:
Buffalo
Mensagem:
Are you sure it means "to bully"? Here is what Merriam-Webster has to say about it:
2
buf·fa·lo
transitive verb
\
ˈ
bə-fə-
ˌ
lō
also
ˈ
bə-(
ˌ
)flō\
inflected form(s):
-ed/-ing/-es
:
bamboozle
,
bewilder
,
overawe
,
baffle
<he tried to
buffalo
me at first meeting but I soon caught on to his tricks>
First Known Use of BUFFALO
1891
Related to BUFFALO
Synonyms:
bamboozle
,
beguile
,
bluff
,
deceive
,
burn
,
catch
,
con
,
cozen
,
delude
,
dupe
,
fake out
,
fool
,
gaff
,
gammon
,
gull
,
have
,
have on
[
chiefly British
],
hoax
,
hoodwink
,
hornswoggle
,
humbug
,
juggle
,
misguide
,
misinform
,
mislead
,
snooker
,
snow
,
spoof
,
string along
,
sucker
,
suck in
,
take in
,
trick
Antonyms:
undeceive
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Noelle
11/ABR/2016, 12:24 PM
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Thomas - USA
11/ABR/2016, 4:00 PM
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11/ABR/2016, 5:33 PM
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