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Buffet

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What's The Definition Of Buffet?
[n] a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
[n] usually inexpensive bar [n] a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves [v] strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [v] strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" Synonyms | Synonyms for Buffet: batter | buff | counter | knock about | sideboard | snack bar | snack counter Related Terms | Find terms related to Buffet: abuse | agonize | ambo | antagonize | automat | bafflement | balk | bang | bar | bash | baste | bastinado | batter | battle | beanery | beat | beat against | beat up against | belabor | belt | bench | betrayed hope | birch | bistro | blasted expectation | blighted hope | blip | blow | board | box | box the ears | breast the wave | bruise | buck | buffet the waves | bung | bung up | buvette | cafe | cafeteria | cane | canteen | cantina | chop | chophouse | chuck wagon | close with | clout | club | coffee shop | coffeehouse | coffeeroom | combat | comedown | compete with | contend | contend against | contest | contuse | cookhouse | cookshack | cookshop | counter | cowhide | cruel disappointment | cudgel | cuff | cut | dash | dashed hope | defeat | desk | diner | dining hall | dining room | disappointment | discomfiture | disillusionment | dissatisfaction | do violence to | do wrong by | do wrong to | dog wagon | drive-in | drive-in restaurant | drub | eatery | eating house | escritoire | failure | fallen countenance | fast-food chain | fiasco | fight | fight against | fizzle | flagellate | flail | flap | flog | foiling | forlorn hope | frustration | fustigate | give a whipping | give the stick | grapple with | grill | grillroom | grunt and sweat | hamburger stand | hammer | hash house | hashery | hassle | hope deferred | horsewhip | hot-dog stand | huff and puff | ill-treat | ill-use | injure | join battle with | kitchen | knock | knock about | knout | labor against | lace | lambaste | larrup | lash | lay on | lectern | letdown | lunch counter | lunch wagon | luncheonette | lunchroom | maltreat | manhandle | maul | mess hall | militate against | mirage | mishandle | mistreat | molest | offer resistance | outrage | paste | patter | pelt | pistol-whip | pizzeria | poke | pommel | pound | pulverize | pummel | punch | quick-lunch counter | rap | rawhide | reluct | reluctate | restaurant | rival | rough | rough up | sandwich shop | savage | scourge | scuffle | secretaire | secretary | setback | slap | slap the face | sledgehammer | smack | smite | smorgasbord | snack bar | sock | sore disappointment | spank | stand | stem the tide | strap | strike | stripe | strive | strive against | struggle | struggle against | swinge | switch | table | take on | tantalization | tavern | tearoom | tease | thrash | thresh | thump | token punishment | trattoria | trounce | truncheon | tussle | vie with | wallop | whack | whale | whip | whomp | whop | workbench | wrestle | writing table See Also | article of furniture | bar | cellaret | commissary | credence | credenza | drawer | furniture | hit | meal | milk bar | minibar | piece of furniture | repast | shelf | smorgasbord | strike Buffet In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. \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. \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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