BUFFET
\bˈʌfɪt], \bˈʌfɪt], \b_ˈʌ_f_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of BUFFET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"
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strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him"
By Princeton University
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strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"
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strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.
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A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
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To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
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To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
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To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
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To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
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To make one's way by blows or struggling.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.
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A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
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To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
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To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
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To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
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To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
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To make one's way by blows or struggling.
By Noah Webster.
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A blow with the hand; any blow.
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To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to struggle against; as, to buffet the waves.
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To fight with blows; to force one's way; as, to buffet with wind and waves.
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A sideboard with shelves for the display of china or silverware; a counter for refreshments.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A blow with the fist, a slap.
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To strike with the hand or fist: to contend against.
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A kind of sideboard.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To strike; beat; struggle against; contend.
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A sideboard.
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A public lunch room.
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A blow; cuff; assault.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] A cupboard, sideboard, or closet, at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, and other like articles;—a refreshment bar or table.
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n. [French] A blow with the hand; a cuff;—violent force or resistance, as of winds and waves.