| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | buf·fet |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b f  t |
| NOUN: | A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: buf·fet·ed, buf·fet·ing, buf·fets
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To hit or beat, especially repeatedly. 2. To strike against forcefully; batter: winds that buffeted the tent. See synonyms at beat. 3. To drive or force with or as if with repeated blows: was buffeted about from job to job by the vagaries of the economy. 4. To force (one's way) with difficulty. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To force one's way with difficulty: a ship buffeting against the wind. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French buffet, diminutive of buffe, blow. | | OTHER FORMS: | buffet·er —NOUN
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