vi to make one's way by blows or struggling.
2. buffet ·vi a small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
3. buffet ·vi a blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.
4. buffet ·vt to deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
5. buffet ·noun a counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.
6. buffet ·vt to affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
7. 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.
8. buffet ·vt to strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
9. 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.
10. buffet ·vi to exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.