Buffet, n.
- 1. Slap, box, knock, stroke, rap, blow, cuff.
- 2. Cupboard, sideboard.
- 3. Refreshment-counter, luncheon-board.
Buffet, v. a.
- 1. Beat, box, slap, strike, smite, cuff.
- 2. Struggle against, contend against, resist.
Buffle-headed, a. Dull, doltish, foolish, blockish, simple, witless, thick-skulled, stolid, loutish, beetle- headed, ox-headed, muddle-headed. See stupid.
Buffoon, n. Mountebank, harlequin, jester, droll, merry-andrew, punch, punchinello, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.
Buffoonery, n. Jesting (of a low sort), mummery, foolery, tomfoolery, harlequinade, low pranks, vulgar tricks.
Buff-skin, n. Buff.
Bugaboo, n. See bugbear.
Bugbear, n. Hobgoblin, spectre, ogre, bugaboo, Gorgon hydra, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones, object of baseless terror.
Bugle, n.
- 1. Hunting-horn, bugle-horn.
- 2. (Mil.) Call-bugle, key-bugle.
- 3. Elongated bead, drop-ornament.
Build, v. a. Construct, erect, raise, fabricate.
Build, v. n. Construct edifices.
Build, n. Make, form, shape, construction, model, figure.
Building, n.
- 1. Construction.