Brad Wetzler
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- beat
- belt
- biff
- blow
- bop
- box
- bust
- chop
- clap
- clip
- clout
- crack
- cuff
- dab
- douse [British]
- fillip
- hack
- haymaker
- hit
- hook
- knock
- larrup [dialect]
- lash
- lick
- pelt
- pick
- plump
- poke
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slug
- smack
- smash
- sock
- spank
- stinger
- stripe
- stroke
- swat
- swipe
- switch
- thud
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- welt
- whack
- wham
- whop
- whap
Verb
- bash
- baste
- bat
- batter
- beat
- belabor
- belt
- birch
- bludgeon
- bung up
- club
- curry
- do
- drub
- fib [British]
- flog
- hammer
- hide
- lace
- lambaste
- lambast
- lash
- lather
- lick
- maul
- mess (up)
- paddle
- pelt
- pommel
- pound
- pummel
- punch out
- rough (up)
- slate
- slog
- switch
- tan
- thrash
- thresh
- thump
- tromp
- wallop
- whale
- whip
- whop
- whap
- whup
- work over
Noun (2)
Examples of buffet in a Sentence
Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Indirect travel spending covers the expenses of those businesses, such as sheets and towels or the ingredients for the breakfast buffet.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
Some buffets jack up their prices on weekends or charge customers for uneaten food.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Kegs & eggs breakfast buffet, green beer, Jameson shot specials, live music Saturday and DJ on Sunday.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2024
Children under the age of 3 can eat for free at buffet and family-style venues.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
Serve on your buffet on card night and enjoy sipping while playing rounds of bridge with friends.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
In addition to a stellar breakfast buffet and world-class dinner menu, Friday nights bring the opportunity to attend the weekly asado, a lively event that pairs top-tier steak with spectacular tango performances—and that’s far from the only activity that’s available for booking across the property.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The Farmhouse Restaurant at Fair Oaks Farms A special Easter brunch buffet, with multiple sittings, features French toast, a carving station with prime rib, ham, Atlantic salmon and omelets.
—The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2024
Angus MacKinnon, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Debris — thick branches, leaves and dirt — lined the streets of the Curtis Park neighborhood after powerful winds buffeted the capital region for more than eight hours Sunday.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
The crosswinds also were strong at San Diego International Airport, buffeting commercial jets throughout the morning.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2024
The story is a familiar one — a young immigrant fetches up in New York to seek his fortune, only to be buffeted by a bumptious city and cut to the quick by its competitive edge — but Torres reshapes it into something simultaneously more fantastical and far more real.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
The election interference case in Georgia against former President Donald Trump has been buffeted by an effort to disqualify Fani Willis, the main prosecutor, over her romantic relationship with a colleague.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
The strong winds that have buffeted Northwest Arkansas much of the last three days are supposed to calm down and be in the high single digits out of the north with a temperature of about 65 degrees by game time.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 5 Mar. 2024
Households have been buffeted by high energy prices for two years and the political parties are keen not to add to that burden.
—Sverre Alvik, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Surprise changes in policy have buffeted China’s private sector.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 5 Mar. 2024
Julian Kheel, CNN Underscored, 1 June 2020
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French, diminutive of buffe blow
Verb
Middle English buffeten, verbal derivative of buffet buffet entry 1
Noun (2)
borrowed from French, going back to Old French, "stool, table, counter," of uncertain origin
Adjective
adjective derivative of buffet entry 3
Noun (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun (2)
1707, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
1898, in the meaning defined above
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“Buffet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffet. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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