Definitions of Buffet [ˈbʌf ɪt]

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Definition of 'Buffet'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) buffet
a blow, as with the hand or fist.

2.  buffet
a violent shock or concussion.

3. (v.t.) buffet
to strike, as with the hand or fist.

4.  buffet
to strike against or push repeatedly:
The wind buffeted the house.

5.  buffet
to contend against; battle.

6. (v.i.) buffet
to force one's way, esp. by a struggle.

7. (n.) buffet
a sideboard or cabinet for holding china, table linen, etc.

8.  buffet
a meal laid out on a table or sideboard so that guests may serve themselves.

9.  buffet
a counter or table for food or refreshments.

10.  buffet
a restaurant with such a counter.

11. (adj.) buffet
served from or as a buffet:
a buffet supper.

Etymology: (1710–20; < F, OF)

Definition of 'Buffet'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) buffet, counter, sideboard
a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

2. (noun) buffet
a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves

3. (verb) snack bar, snack counter, buffet
usually inexpensive bar

4. (verb) buffet, knock about, batter
strike against forcefully
"Winds buffeted the tent"

5. (verb) buffet, buff
strike, beat repeatedly
"The wind buffeted him"

Definition of 'Buffet'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Buffet
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

2. (noun) Buffet
a counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering

3. (verb) Buffet
a blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff

4. (verb) Buffet
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

5. (verb) Buffet
a small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter

6. (verb) Buffet
to strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap

7. (verb) Buffet
to affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows

8. (verb) Buffet
to deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper

9. (verb) Buffet
to exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend

10. (verb) Buffet
to make one's way by blows or struggling

Translation of 'Buffet'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a blow with the hand or fist a buffet on the side of the head.
Afrikaans: stamp, hou	Arabic: ضَرْبَه، صَفْعَه، لَطْمَه	Bulgarian: удар с ръка
Brazilian: bofetada	Czech: rána, facka	German: der Faustschlag
Danish: puf	Greek: γροθιά	Spanish: bofetada
Estonian: hoop	Farsi: مشت؛ سیلی	Finnish: lyönti
French: claque	Hebrew: אֶגְרוֹף	Hindi: तमाचा
Croatian: udarac	Hungarian: ütés	Indonesian: pukulan
Italian: buffetto	Japanese: 殴打	Korean: 타격
Lithuanian: smūgis	Latvian: pļauka; sitiens; triecien	Malay: pukulan
Dutch: slag, stoot	Norwegian: puff, støt, slag	Polish: cios, szturchaniec
Persian: مشت؛ سیلی	Pashto: څپیړه، سوک	Portuguese: bofetada
Romanian: lovitură	Russian: удар	Slovak: úder
Slovenian: udarec	Serbian: šamar	Swedish: knuff, stöt, knytnävsslag
Thai: การตีด้วยมือหรือต่อย	Turkish: tokat, yumruk	Taiwanese: 毆打
Ukrainian: удар	Urdu: گھونسا ، مکا	Vietnamese: cú đấm
Chinese: 殴打
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