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noun
A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: sideboard, smorgasbord, cupboard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: buffet meal, smorgasbord
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A small low stool; a hassock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Synonyms: blow, collision, cuff
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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Synonyms: batter
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: batter
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: counter, sideboard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
Narrower terms: credenza, credence, minibar, cellaret
noun
usually inexpensive bar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: snack bar, snack counter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bar
Narrower terms: commissary, milk bar
noun
a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meal, repast
Narrower terms: smorgasbord
verb
strike, beat repeatedly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: buff
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hit
verb
strike against forcefully
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: knock about, batter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: strike
History
Inherited from Middle English buffet (“stool”), from Middle French buffet (“side table”), from Old French buffet, of unknown origin. The modern pronunciation is remodelled after modern French buffet.
From Middle English buffet (“buffet”), from Old French buffet, diminutive of buffe, cognate with Italian buffetto. See buffer, buffoon, and compare German puffen (“to jostle, to hustle”).
From Middle English buffeten, from Old French buffeter, from the noun (see above).
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