buffet

Nghĩa (English)

Noun

1. A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
2. Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
3. A small low stool; a hassock.

Verb

1. To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
2. To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
3. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
4. To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
5. To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.

Synonyms

slap

cuff

counter

strike

bar

hit

batter

box

📦

beat

bang

smite

knock

sideboard

push one’s way

squeeze through

squeeze into

smorgasbord

snack bar

snack counter

elbow one’s way

shoulder one’s way

cupboard

knock about

ram

🐏

refreshment room

buff

bump

force one’s way

squeeze between

overcome

poke

pommel

pound

💷

puff

pulsate

pulse

punch

👊

push

rap

scuffle

shake

shove

shroud

slat

smack

spat

struggle

surmount

swat

tea trolley

thrash

throb

thud

thump

work

fight against

lunch room

wrestle with

attack

👊

all-you-can-eat

stand-up meal

luncheonette

strike with the fist

make a bayonet charge

tussle with

beaufet

shove one’s way

self-service meal

bass

belabour

biff

bunt

butt

cabinet

🗄️

calculating

charge

clack

clobber

clout

cudgel

devastate

din

dresser

drub

drum

🥁

fillip

fist

✊

fisticuff

forge

free fight

hammer

🔨

headbutt

impinge

larrup

lunchroom

maul

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˈbʊ.feɪ/

Từ nguyên (English)

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: buffet

Cognate with Tiếng Italy: buffetto

Cognate with Tiếng Đức: puffen

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: buffeten

In summary

table
Inherited from Middle English buffet (“stool”), from Middle French buffet (“side table”), from Old French buffet, of unknown origin. The modern pronunciation is remodelled after modern French buffet.