buffet

Meanings

Plural: buffets

Noun

• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
• a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
• usually inexpensive bar
• A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
• Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
• A small low stool; a hassock.
• A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
• The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.

Verb

• strike against forcefully
  • "Winds buffeted the tent"
• strike, beat repeatedly
  • "The wind buffeted him"
• To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
• To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
• To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
• To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
• To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.

Synonyms

batter, blow, buff, buffet meal, collision, counter, cuff, cupboard, knock about, sideboard, smorgasbord, snack bar, snack counter