buffet

[Buf*fetĀ·]

When you see the word buffet, it's hard not to think "all you can eat." Although the noun can refer to food set out for self service, buffet also means "a blow, especially with the hand," and as a verb "to strike sharply."

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A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

Noun
a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

Noun
usually inexpensive bar

Noun
a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves

Verb
strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him"

Verb
strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"

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n.
A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

n.
A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.

v. i.
A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.

v. i.
A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.

v. i.
A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.

v. t.
To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.

v. t.
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.

v. t.
To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

v. i.
To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.

v. i.
To make one's way by blows or struggling.


Buffet

Buf*fet" , n. [F. buffet, LL. bufetum; of uncertain origin; perh. fr. the same source as E. buffet a blow, the root meaning to puff, hence (cf. puffed up) the idea of ostentation or display.] 1. A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.
Not when a gilt buffet's reflected pride Turns you from sound philosophy aside.
2. A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.

Buffet

Buf"fet , n. [OE. buffet, boffet, OF. buffet a slap in the face, a pair of bellows, fr. buffe blow, cf. F. bouffer to blow, puff; prob. akin to E. puff. For the meaning slap, blow, cf. F. soufflet a slap, souffler to blow. See Puff, v. i., and cf. Buffet sidebroad, Buffoon] 1. A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.
When on his cheek a buffet fell.
2. A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.
Those planks of tough and hardy oak that used for yeas to brave the buffets of the Bay of Biscay.
Fortune's buffets and rewards.
3. A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
Go fetch us a light buffet.

Buffet

Buf"fet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buffeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Buffeting.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the preceding noun.] 1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
They spit in his face and buffeted him.
2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
The sudden hurricane in thunder roars, Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores.
You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of your own, instead of being buffeted about the world.
3. [Cf. Buffer.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

Buffet

Buf"fet, v. i. 1. To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
If I might buffet for my love, or bound my horse for her favors, I could lay on like a butcher.
2. To make one's way by blows or struggling.
Strove to buffet to land in vain.

A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.

To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.

To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.

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