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buf·fet¹

(bə-fā′, bo͞o-)

1. A large sideboard with drawers and cupboards.

a. A counter or table from which meals or refreshments are served.

b. A restaurant having such a counter.

3. A meal at which guests serve themselves from various dishes displayed on a table or sideboard.

adj.

Informally served: a buffet luncheon.

[French.]

buf·fet²

(bŭf′ĭt)

A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand.

v. buf·fet·ed, buf·fet·ing, buf·fets

v.tr.

1. To hit or beat, especially repeatedly.

2. To strike against forcefully and especially repeatedly; batter: winds that buffeted the tent. See Synonyms at beat.

3. To cause repeated difficulty or harm to (a person or group): was buffeted about from job to job by the vagaries of the economy.

4. To force (one's way) with difficulty.

v.intr.

To force one's way with difficulty: a ship buffeting against the wind.

[Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of buffe, blow.]

buf′fet·er n.

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buffet

1. a counter where light refreshments are served

a. a meal at which guests help themselves from a number of dishes and often eat standing up

b. (as modifier): a buffet lunch.

3. (Furniture) a piece of furniture used from medieval times to the 18th century for displaying plates, etc, and typically comprising one or more cupboards and some open shelves

4. dialect Scot and Northern English a kind of low stool, pouffe, or hassock

[C18: from French, of unknown origin]

buffet

(ˈbʌfɪt)

vb, -fets, -feting or -feted

1. (tr) to knock against or about; batter: the wind buffeted the boat.

2. (tr) to hit, esp with the fist; cuff

3. to force (one's way), as through a crowd

4. (intr) to struggle; battle

5. a blow, esp with a fist or hand

6. (Aeronautics) aerodynamic excitation of an aircraft structure by separated flows

[C13: from Old French buffeter, from buffet a light blow, from buffe, of imitative origin]

ˈbuffeter n

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buf•fet¹

(ˈbʌf ɪt)
n.

1. a blow, as with the hand or fist.

2. a violent shock or concussion.

v.t.

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.

v.i.

6. to force one's way, esp. by a struggle.

[1175–1225; Middle English < Old French buffe a blow + -et -et]

buf•fet²

(bəˈfeɪ, bʊ-; adj. also ˈbu feɪ)

n.

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 or table for food or refreshments.

4. a restaurant with such a counter.

adj.

5. served from or as a buffet: a buffet supper.

[1710–20; < French, Old French]

buffet

Past participle: buffeted
Gerund: buffeting

Imperative
buffet
buffet

Present
I buffet
you buffet
he/she/it buffets
we buffet
you buffet
they buffet

Preterite
I buffeted
you buffeted
he/she/it buffeted
we buffeted
you buffeted
they buffeted

Present Continuous
I am buffeting
you are buffeting
he/she/it is buffeting
we are buffeting
you are buffeting
they are buffeting

Present Perfect
I have buffeted
you have buffeted
he/she/it has buffeted
we have buffeted
you have buffeted
they have buffeted

Past Continuous
I was buffeting
you were buffeting
he/she/it was buffeting
we were buffeting
you were buffeting
they were buffeting

Past Perfect
I had buffeted
you had buffeted
he/she/it had buffeted
we had buffeted
you had buffeted
they had buffeted

Future
I will buffet
you will buffet
he/she/it will buffet
we will buffet
you will buffet
they will buffet

Future Perfect
I will have buffeted
you will have buffeted
he/she/it will have buffeted
we will have buffeted
you will have buffeted
they will have buffeted

Future Continuous
I will be buffeting
you will be buffeting
he/she/it will be buffeting
we will be buffeting
you will be buffeting
they will be buffeting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been buffeting
you have been buffeting
he/she/it has been buffeting
we have been buffeting
you have been buffeting
they have been buffeting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been buffeting
you will have been buffeting
he/she/it will have been buffeting
we will have been buffeting
you will have been buffeting
they will have been buffeting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been buffeting
you had been buffeting
he/she/it had been buffeting
we had been buffeting
you had been buffeting
they had been buffeting

Conditional
I would buffet
you would buffet
he/she/it would buffet
we would buffet
you would buffet
they would buffet

Past Conditional
I would have buffeted
you would have buffeted
he/she/it would have buffeted
we would have buffeted
you would have buffeted
they would have buffeted

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Noun	1.	buffet - a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers sideboard, counter credenza, credence - a kind of sideboard or buffet dining room, dining-room - a room used for dining drawer - a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room" cellaret, minibar - sideboard with compartments for holding bottles shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
	2.	buffet - a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves meal, repast - the food served and eaten at one time smorgasbord - an assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal
	3.	buffet - usually inexpensive bar snack bar, snack counter bar - a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar" commissary - a snack bar in a film studio milk bar - snack bar that sells milk drinks and light refreshments (such as ice cream)
Verb	1.	buffet - strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" batter, knock about strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"
	2.	buffet - strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" buff hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

buffet

noun

1. smorgasbord, counter, cold table A cold buffet had been laid out in the dining room.

2. snack bar, café, cafeteria, brasserie, salad bar, refreshment counter We sat in the station buffet sipping tea.

buffet

verb

1. knock, push, bang, rap, slap, bump, smack, shove, thump, cuff, jolt, wallop (informal), box Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms.

2. beset, trouble, plague, harass, badger, perplex, pester, entangle, bedevilbox buffeted by social and political upheavals

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buffet

noun

A quick, sharp blow, especially with the hand:

box, bust, chop, cuff, punch, slap, smack, smacker, spank, swat, whack.

Informal: clip, spat.

verb

1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:

assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh.

Informal: lambaste.

Slang: clobber.

Idiom: rain blows on.

2. To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand:

box, bust, cuff, punch, slap, smack, spank, swat, whack.

Informal: clip, spat.

Translations

بُوْفِيه سُفْرَةضَرْبَه، صَفْعَه، لَطْمَهمَقْصَف، مَطْعَمٌ في مَحَطَّةِ القِطاروَجْبَةُ المَقْصَف

bufetfackapříborníkránastudený

buffetbuffet-cafékaffebarkaste rundt

Anrichte Büffet Faustschlag herumstoßen schlagen

μπουφές σκευοθήκη

bufé cantina golpear zarandear aparador

astiakaappiseisova pöytä

buffet claque bar

bifekredenac

högg, hnefahögg, löîrungurhrekjakalt borî, hlaîborîkalt borî, sjálfsafgreiîslalemja

buffet buffet freddo credenza vagone con servizio bar battere

ビュッフェ食器棚

뷔페찬장

bufetemētātpļaukasist / triektsitiens

buffet dressoir

anretningsbord buffet dytte jernbanerestaurant kafeteria

bufet kredens

aparador bufê buffet

буфет фуршет

bufetstudenýstudený pultz bufetu

bufféskänk

อาหารที่ลูกค้าบริการตัวเอง

büfe çarpmak dövmek tokattokat/yumruk vurmak

tiệc tự chọntủ bếp

自助餐自助餐的连续猛击拳打殴打

buffet

¹ [ˈbʌfɪt]

A. N (= blow) → golpe m

B. VT (= hit) → abofetear; [sea, wind] → zarandear

buffet

² [ˈbʊfeɪ]

A. N (for refreshments) → cantina f, cafetería f; (= meal) → buffet m (libre), comida f buffet

B. CPD buffet car N (Brit) (Rail) → coche-restaurante m
buffet lunch N → almuerzo m buffet
buffet meal N → buffet m (libre), comida f buffet
buffet supper N → cena f buffet

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

buffet

[ˈbʌfeɪ ˈbʌfi ˈbʊfeɪ ˈbʊfi]

(= meal) (British) → buffet m

(= bar) → buffet m

[ˈbʌfɪt] vt

[wind, storm] → secouer
to be buffeted by waves → être ballotté(e) par les vagues

(= harass) [+ government, minister, economy] → secouer, ébranlerbuffet car [ˈbʊfeɪkɑː^r] n (British) → voiture-buffet f

buffet

n (= blow) → Schlag m

vt → hin und her werfen; buffeted by the wind → vom Wind gerüttelt; buffeting wind → böiger Wind

buffet

n → Büffet nt; (Brit Rail) → Speisewagen m; (= meal) → Stehimbiss m; (= cold buffet) → kaltes Büffet; buffet lunch/meal/supper → Stehimbiss m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

buffet

¹ [ˈbʊfeɪ] n (for refreshments) → buffet m inv, bar m inv; (meal) → buffet, rinfresco

buffet

² [ˈbʌfɪt]

1. n (blow) → schiaffo
the buffets of fate (fig) → le avversità della sorte

2. vt (ship, car) → sballottare; (house) → sferzare (fig) (person) → travolgere

buffet¹

(ˈbafit) noun

a blow with the hand or fist. a buffet on the side of the head.

verb – past tense, past participle ˈbuffeted –

1. to strike with the fist.

2. to knock about. The boat was buffeted by the waves.

buffet²

(ˈbufei) , ((American) bəˈfei) noun

1. a refreshment bar, especially in a railway station or on a train etc. We'll get some coffee at the buffet.

2. a (usually cold) meal set out on tables from which people help themselves.

adjective

a buffet supper.

buffet

→ بُوْفِيه, سُفْرَة bufet, příborník buffet, skænk Anrichte, Büffet μπουφές, σκευοθήκη aparador, bufé astiakaappi, seisova pöytä buffet bife, kredenac buffet, credenza ビュッフェ, 食器棚 뷔페, 찬장 buffet, dressoir anretningsbord, buffet bufet, kredens aparador, bufê, buffet буфет, фуршет buffé, skänk ตู้เก็บเครื่องใช้หรือภาชนะที่ใช้ในการรับประทานอาหาร, อาหารที่ลูกค้าบริการตัวเอง açık büfe, büfe tiệc tự chọn, tủ bếp 碗柜, 自助餐

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``Truly, friend,'' said the Friar, clenching his huge fist, ``I will bestow a buffet on thee.''

The Friar bared his brawny arm up to the elbow, and putting his full strength to the blow, gave the Knight a buffet that might have felled an ox.

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He opened a bottle of wine, of which he kept a small and select supply in a buffet of his own.

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It was, he explained, the name given to a favourite buffet at the Hotel Aphrodite, which was served by twelve wonderful girls, not one under six feet in height, and all with the most glorious golden hair.

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Whosoever failed to speed his shaft through the garland, without knocking it off the wand, was to submit to a buffet from the hand of Friar Tuck.

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Passing through the outer hall, divided up by screens, and the room partitioned on the right, where a man sits at the fruit buffet, Levin overtook an old man walking slowly in, and entered the dining room full of noise and people.

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At this Little John turned upon the Steward and smote him such a buffet that the fat man fell to the floor and lay there as though he would never move again.

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But now that he was enveloped in the old calico robes which had grown yellow in the same service, he was badged and ticketed, and fell into his place at once--a parish child--the orphan of a workhouse--the humble, half-starved drudge--to be cuffed and buffeted through the world--despised by all, and pitied by none.

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To her surprise she discovered that she could not even turn against the high wind, which rocked and buffeted the frail craft.

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I am a stranger in a strange city and I am buffeted by the philistines.

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"I can remedy that entirely," said he of the Grove, "and in this way: before we begin the battle, I will come up to your worship fair and softly, and give you three or four buffets, with which I shall stretch you at my feet and rouse your anger, though it were sleeping sounder than a dormouse."

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Buffeted by great waves, and stripped of every shred of canvas by the force of the mighty wind that howled about her, the Ithaca drifted a hopeless wreck soon after the storm struck her.

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