buffet
/ˈbʌf.ɪt/ verb C2- 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 buffet the billows
- 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.
He/she/it buffets · Past buffeted · Past participle buffeted · -ing form buffeting
Verb forms
- Base form
- buffet
- He/she/it
- buffets
- Past
- buffeted
- Past participle
- buffeted
- -ing form
- buffeting
From the library
It was twenty past three when we reached our terminus, and after a hasty luncheon at the buffet we pushed on at once to Scotland Yard.
The question now is whether we should take a premature lunch here, or run our chance of starving before we reach the buffet at Newhaven.”
Other matches
Learn buffet in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.