buffalo

buffaloed

Puzzled, perplexed, or completely confused (about a subject or some task at hand). I tried to do well in this class, but I've been buffaloed since we started.
See also: buffalo

double buffalo

slang The speed limit of 55 miles per hour. The US nickel, which is worth five cents, at one time featured a picture of a buffalo. Whoa, whoa, cool it with the double buffalo—the speed limit here is 25!
See also: buffalo, double

double nickels

slang The speed limit of 55 miles per hour. "Nickel" refers to the US five-cent coin. Whoa, whoa, cool it with the double nickels—the speed limit here is 25!
See also: double, nickel
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

buffaloed

(ˈbəfəlod)
mod. confused; stumped. These tax forms really have me buffaloed.
See also: buffalo

double nickels

and double buffalo
n. the number fifty-five; the fifty-five-mile-per-hour speed limit. (Originally citizens band radio. The buffalo is on one side of the nickel.) You’d better travel right on those double nickels in through here. The bears are hungry. Double buffalo is for trucks. You can go seventy.
See also: double, nickel

double buffalo

verb
See double nickels
See also: buffalo, double
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • buffaloed
  • all at sea
  • all, completely, etc. at sea
  • at sea, to be/all
  • completely
  • discombobulate
  • discombobulated
  • discomboobulated
  • at sea about (something)
  • in a quandary
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