buff out
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To remove paint or light scratches from the surface by friction, wearing it out by polishing or blasting with sand or by employing some similar method.
Transitive verb
verb
To bring something to proper shape by removing or masking minor defects, by straightening out the residual shortcomings.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Other carriers buff out their fuselages instead of painting them, reasoning that cracks can hide under layers of thick exterior paint."
- "But I think that it is an act of barbarism to color sand and buff out acrylic enamels in restoration work."
- "Sammy, There are products on the market designed to buff out scratches in glass, not a wax but a rubbing compound much like jeweler's rouge, a fine jewelry-buffing compound."
- "“Ford's war on graffiti, which no artist really acknowledged, has done the exact opposite of what he wanted it to do,” Chirico says. “He wanted to eradicate graffiti, but if you keep buffing out walls, artists consider it a blank canvass.”"
- "Nevertheless, if a man has the salesman's qualifications, a little scientific study of salesmanship will sandpaper him, buff out his inequalities and make him a better man."
- "Like everybody I've met, he spoke exquisite English, right down to the American syntax, as if he wanted to buff out his German cultural ties. That's common too."