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buf·fet1 
[buhf-it] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -fet·ed, -fet·ing.
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[buhf-it] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -fet·ed, -fet·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | a blow, as with the hand or fist. |
| 2. | a violent shock or concussion. |
| 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. |
| 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.
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buf·fet2
[buh-fey, boo- or, esp. for adj., boo-fey; Brit. buhf-it] Pronunciation Key
[buh-fey, boo- or, esp. for adj., boo-fey; Brit. buhf-it] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 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. |
| 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.]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| buf·fet 1
(bə-fā', bōō-) Pronunciation Key
n.
adj. Informally served: a buffet luncheon. [French.] |
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| buf·fet 2
(bŭf'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
n. A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand. v. buf·fet·ed, buf·fet·ing, buf·fets v. tr.
v. intr. 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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
buffet (v.)
buffet (v.)
c.1225, from O.Fr., dim. of buffe "a blow," probably echoic of the sound of something soft being hit.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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buffet (n.)
buffet (n.)
"table," 1718, from Fr. buffet "bench," of uncertain origin. Sense extended 1888 to "meal served from a buffet."
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| buffet | |
noun | |
| 1. | a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers |
| 2. | a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves |
| 3. | usually inexpensive bar [syn: snack bar] |
verb | |
| 1. | strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" |
| 2. | strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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