Definition of buffets:
(n) :
Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
(n) :
A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
(n) :
(countable) A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
(v) :
(transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
(v) :
(transitive, figurative) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
(v) :
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.