buffet
1 of 4noun (1)
buf·fet ˈbə-fət 
1
: a blow especially with the hand
2
: something that strikes with telling force
buffet
2 of 4verb
buf·fet ˈbə-fət
buffeted; buffeting; buffets
transitive verb
1
: to strike sharply especially with the hand : cuff
2
: to strike repeatedly : batter
the waves buffeted the shore
3
: to drive, force, move, or attack by or as if by repeated blows
schools being buffeted by budget cuts
intransitive verb
: to make one's way especially under difficult conditions
buffet
3 of 4noun (2)
buf·fet (ˌ)bə-ˈfā
bü-ˈfā,
British especially
ˈbü-ˌfā plural buffets
1
furniture : sideboard sense 1
2
a
: a counter for refreshments
went back to the buffet for a second helping
b
chiefly British : a restaurant operated as a public convenience (as in a railway station)
c
: a meal set out on a buffet or table for ready access and informal service
a restaurant that offers a breakfast buffet
3
: an assortment of options or offerings : variety
Once you're up there among the clouds, you'll have a buffet of skiing options.
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4 of 4adjective
buf·fet (ˌ)bə-ˈfā
bü-ˈfā,
British especially
ˈbü-ˌfā : served informally especially as a buffet (see buffet entry 3 sense 2c)
a buffet meal
buffet luncheons
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- beat
- belt
- biff
- blow
- bop
- box
- bust
- chop
- clap
- clip
- clout
- crack
- cuff
- dab
- douse [British]
- fillip
- hack
- haymaker
- hit
- hook
- knock
- larrup [dialect]
- lash
- lick
- pelt
- pick
- plump
- poke
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slug
- smack
- smash
- sock
- spank
- stinger
- stripe
- stroke
- swat
- swipe
- switch
- thud
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- welt
- whack
- wham
- whop
- whap
Verb
- bash
- baste
- bat
- batter
- beat
- belabor
- belt
- birch
- bludgeon
- bung up
- club
- curry
- do
- drub
- fib [British]
- flog
- hammer
- hide
- lace
- lambaste
- lambast
- lash
- lather
- lick
- maul
- mess (up)
- paddle
- pelt
- pommel
- pound
- pummel
- punch out
- rough (up)
- slate
- slog
- switch
- tan
- thrash
- thresh
- thump
- tromp
- wallop
- whale
- whip
- whop
- whap
- whup
- work over
Noun (2)
- cabinet
- closet
- console
- cupboard
- hutch
- locker
- press
- sideboard
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Example Sentences
Verb The strong winds buffeted the ship. fierce winds buffeted the small sailboat
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French, diminutive of buffe blow
Verb
Middle English buffeten, verbal derivative of buffet buffet entry 1
Noun (2)
borrowed from French, going back to Old French, "stool, table, counter," of uncertain origin
Adjective
adjective derivative of buffet entry 3
First Known Use
Noun (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun (2)
1707, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
1898, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing buffet
Kids Definition
buffet 1 of 2
verb
buf·fet ˈbə-fət
buffeted; buffeting
: to pound repeatedly
Waves buffeted our boat.
buffet
2 of 2noun
buf·fet ˌbə-ˈfā
bü-
1
: a cabinet or set of shelves for the display of dishes and silver : sideboard
2
: a meal set out on a buffet or table from which people may serve themselves
buffeting 1 of 2
noun
as in battering
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- battering
- turbulence
- hammering
- whipping
- thrashing
- pummeling
- pelting
- attack
- pounding
- assault
- paddling
- beating
- bashing
- flogging
- walloping
- thumping
- smashing
- mauling
- belting
- harm
- drubbing
- upheaval
- battery
- onslaught
- cudgeling
- bludgeoning
- pummelling
- threat
- licking
- tumult
- damage
- injury
- hurt
- batting
- impairment
- whaling
- shock
- terror
- cudgelling
- detriment
- fury
- clubbing
- revolt
- socking
- tromping
- frenzy
- lacing
- storm
- outbreak
- rupture
- riot
- pommeling
- outrage
- pommelling
- uproar
- paroxysm
- rage
- rampage
- savagery
- bullying
- barbarity
- brutality
- browbeating
- hectoring
- crippling
- violence
- bulldozing
- mutilation
- force
- mayhem
- foul play
- maiming
- strong-arming
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pacifism
- pacificism
- nonviolence
buffeting
2 of 2verb
as in pounding
to strike repeatedly fierce winds buffeted the small sailboat Synonyms & Similar Words
- battering
- pounding
- lashing
- licking
- whipping
- hiding
- pelting
- beating
- attacking
- hitting
- knocking
- slapping
- doing
- assaulting
- slamming
- batting
- thumping
- punching
- pummeling
- smashing
- spanking
- hammering
- chopping
- mauling
- paddling
- thrashing
- bashing
- raiding
- walloping
- smacking
- storming
- lathering
- drubbing
- flogging
- slogging
- bludgeoning
- switching
- belting
- pummelling
- punching out
- whacking
- lambasting
- whaling
- tanning
- working over
- threshing
- whapping
- boxing
- clubbing
- wounding
- whopping
- tromping
- assailing
- fibbing
- cracking
- lacing
- swatting
- besetting
- slating
- beating up on
- swiping
- currying
- pommeling
- belaboring
- basting
- whupping
- rushing
- pommelling
- thwacking
- birching
- bunging up
- clobbering
- scourging
- strapping
- socking
- clouting
- cudgeling
- lacerating
- pasting
- roughing (up)
- flagellating
- busting
- messing (up)
- cuffing
- whamming
- cudgelling
- lamming
- caning
- whomping
- goring
- laying on
- mangling
- horsewhipping
- leathering
- maiming
- rawhiding
- blackjacking
- mutilating
- pistol-whipping
- cowhiding
- descending (on or upon)
- fustigating
- pouncing (on or upon)
- jumping (on)
