·vi To make one's way by blows or struggling.
II. Buffet ·vi A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
III. Buffet ·vi A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.
IV. Buffet ·vt To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
V. Buffet ·noun A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.
VI. Buffet ·vt To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
VII. Buffet ·noun 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.
VIII. Buffet ·vt To strike with the hand or fist; to Box; to Beat; to Cuff; to Slap.
IX. Buffet ·vi A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.
X. Buffet ·vi To exercise or play at boxing; to Strike; to Smite; to Strive; to Contend.