A Buffet

(transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap. quotations ▼

(transitive, figuratively) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise. quotations ▼

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

to buffet the billows

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