buffets

/B AH1 F AH0 T S/
verb
  1. 1

    To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.

  2. 2

    To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.

  3. 3

    To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.

    โ€œto buffet the billowsโ€

  4. 4

    To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

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