1. a meal where people serve themselves from a variety of dishes arranged on a table or counter
2. a piece of dining room furniture used for serving food or storing dishes

1. to hit repeatedly and forcefully
2. to affect harmfully or repeatedly

Examples

• The hotel serves a continental buffet every morning.
• We set up the salad and desserts on the buffet in the dining room.
• Strong winds buffeted the small boat all night.
• The company has been buffeted by financial problems this year.
• Help yourself to anything from the buffet table.
• She polished the antique buffet until it gleamed.
• Hail began to buffet the windows during the storm.