Buffet
WordNet
noun
(1) A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
(2) Usually inexpensive bar
(3) A meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
verb
(4) Strike, beat repeatedly
"The wind buffeted him"
(5) Strike against forcefully
"Winds buffeted the tent"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
, of unknown origin; compare Italian buffetto; perhaps related to the noun under Etymology 3
Noun
- A counter or sideboard from which food and drink are served or may be bought.
- Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
Etymology 2
Old French buffet, diminutive of buffe; see buffer, buffoon, and compare German puffen, to jostle, to hustle