See buffet in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A quick, sharp blow, especially with the hand:
box2, bust, chop1, cuff, punch, slap, smack1, smacker, spank, swat, whack. (Informal) clip1, spat. See attack, strike
verb
To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:
assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh. (Informal) lambaste. (Slang) clobber. Idiom: rain blows on. See attack, strikeTo hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand:
box2, bust, cuff, punch, slap, smack1, spank, swat, whack. (Informal) clip1, spat. See attack, strike
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