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by tropo 2778 days ago
To "buffalo" is to confuse, befuddle, deceive, puzzle, baffle, confuse, mystify, bewilder, or bamboozle.

It can also be to impress or intimidate by a display of power, importance, or authority.

It doesn't seem to mean hunting or acting as a buffalo. I can't find those in any dictionary.

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to impress or intimidate by a display of power, importance, or authority.

Have you seen a bison? Their display of power is quite intimidating.

According to [0], it can mean to hunt buffalo.

[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/buffalo#Verb