Buffet Definition
bə-fā, bo͝o-
buffeted, buffeting, buffets
noun
buffets
Any blow or shock.
The buffets of fate.
Webster's New World
A piece of furniture with drawers and cupboards for dishes, table linen, silver, etc.; sideboard.
Webster's New World
A counter or table where refreshments are served.
Webster's New World
A blow with the hand or fist.
Webster's New World
A restaurant with such a counter or table.
Webster's New World
adjective
Informally served.
A buffet luncheon.
American Heritage
verb
buffeted, buffeting, buffets
To hit with the hand or fist; punch; slap.
Webster's New World
To beat back as by repeated blows.
The waves buffeted the boat.
Webster's New World
To strike against forcefully and especially repeatedly; batter.
Winds that buffeted the tent.
American Heritage
To struggle or force a way by struggling.
Webster's New World
To cause repeated difficulty or harm to (a person or group).
Was buffeted about from job to job by the vagaries of the economy.
American Heritage
Origin of Buffet
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Old French buffet, diminutive of buffe, cognate with Italian buffetto. See buffer, buffoon, and compare German puffen, to jostle, to hustle
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French diminutive of buffe blow
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary
Old French, of unknown origin.
From Wiktionary
French
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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