You use buff to describe someone who knows a lot about a particular subject. For example, if you describe someone as a film buff, you mean that they know a lot about films. Judge Lanier is a real film buff = enthusiast
If you buff the surface of something, for example your car or your shoes, you rub it with a piece of soft material in order to make it shine. He was already buffing the car's hubs. = polish + buffing buff·ing Regular buffing helps prevent nails from splitting. buff up to polish something with a cloth
{s} having a light yellow coloring; of or relating to a person who is very interested in or enthusiastic about a particular subject (i.e. history buff)
an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) bare skin; "swimming in the buff" a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e
A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner
Usually a motor-driven, spindle-mounted wheel, disc, or cone-shaped form made of layered cotton Felt, muslin, wool or leather Buffs are charged with abrasive compounds and spun against metal surfaces to cut away and polish-to buff-the metal