buffet

/ˈbʌf.ɪt/ verbe C2

To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap. (transitive)
To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise. (figuratively, transitive)
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. (intransitive)

He/she/it buffets · Prétérit buffeted · Participe passé buffeted · Forme en -ing buffeting

Formes du verbe

Forme de base: buffet
He/she/it: buffets
Prétérit: buffeted
Participe passé: buffeted
Forme en -ing: buffeting

Dans la bibliothèque

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 Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 78 · B2

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.”

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 117 · B2

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