buffet (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. To contend with • buffet (v.): I. Lit.: cŏlaphos infringere alicui: Ter. Phr.: we were long b.'d by the winds and waves, *ventis undisque diu jactati sumus. II. To contend with: q. v. Phr.: the shipwrecked man buffets the waves, *naufragus fluctibus obluctatur, obnititur.