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The only thing missing is an explanation why buffalo and dog are verbs. Non native speaker here, but afaik they are not.



See:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/buffalo (verb)

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/dog (verb)

"buffalo" is almost never used as a verb in everyday speech.


The beauty of English is the process of 'verbing', where we can turn arbitrary nouns into verbs. Schooled in Commonwealth English, I wasn't familiar with buffalo being used as a verb but others in this thread have cited its meaning.

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-verbing-1691035




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