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buf⋅fet
1
[buhf-it] 
noun, verb, -fet⋅ed, -fet⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a blow, as with the hand or fist. |
| 2. | a violent shock or concussion. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to strike, as with the hand or fist. |
| 4. | to strike against or push repeatedly: The wind buffeted the house. |
| 5. | to contend against; battle. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to struggle with blows of hand or fist. |
| 7. | to force one's way by a fight, struggle, etc. |
Related forms:
buf⋅fet⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
3. slap, cuff, box, hit, sock, wallop.
3. slap, cuff, box, hit, sock, wallop.
buf⋅fet
2 [buh-fey, boo- or, esp. for adj., boo-fey; Brit. buhf-it] –noun
| 1. | a sideboard or cabinet for holding china, table linen, etc. |
| 2. | a meal laid out on a table or sideboard so that guests may serve themselves. |
| 3. | a counter, bar, or the like, for lunch or refreshments. |
| 4. | a restaurant containing such a counter or bar. |
–adjective
| 5. | consisting of food, refreshments, etc., laid out on tables or buffets from which guests or customers serve themselves: a buffet supper; buffet service. |
Origin:
1710–20; < F, OF, of obscure orig.
1710–20; < F, OF, of obscure orig.
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| buf·fet 1 (bə-fā', bōō-) n.
[French.] |
| buf·fet 2 (bŭf'ĭt) n. A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand. v. buf·fet·ed, buf·fet·ing, buf·fets v. tr.
To force one's way with difficulty: a ship buffeting against the wind. [Middle English, from Old French buffet, diminutive of buffe, blow.] buf'fet·er n. |
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Buffet
Buf*fet"\ (b[oo^]f*f[=a]"), 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. --Pope. 2. A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.Buffet
Buf"fet\ (b[u^]f"f[e^]t), 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. --Sir W. Scott. 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. --Burke. Fortune's buffets and rewards. --Shak. 3. A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter. Go fetch us a light buffet. --Townely Myst.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. --Matt. xxvi. 67. 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. --Broome. You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of your own, instead of being buffeted about the world. --W. Black. 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. --Shak. 2. To make one's way by blows or struggling. Strove to buffet to land in vain. --Tennyson.
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Language Translation for : buffet
Spanish:
bofetada,
German:
der Faustschlag,
Japanese:
殴打
buffet (v.)
c.1225, from O.Fr., dim. of buffe "a blow," probably echoic of the sound of something soft being hit.
buffet (n.)
"table," 1718, from Fr. buffet "bench," of uncertain origin. Sense extended 1888 to "meal served from a buffet."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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