Both Uses

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detailed what action to take if you inadvertently consumed plastic fruit (this happened more often than you would suppose—some plastic fruit was extremely realistic looking); how to perform the Heimlich maneuver on your elderly aunt Edith if she choked on a stringy piece of steak at an all-you-can-eat buffet; what to do if you were wearing a striped shirt and a swarm of locusts descended (run: locusts eat stripes); and, of course, how to administer everyone's favorite lifesaving technique: CPR.†
p. 14.5
For instance, if you looked at your elderly aunt Edith choking on a piece of steak from the all-you-can-eat buffet and you told yourself, Man, I sure hope she's not choking, you would waste several valuable lifesaving, Heimlich maneuver—performing seconds.†
p. 33.4 *

Definitions:

(1) (buffet as in: buffeted by)
hit repeatedly; or cause to bounce irregularly
(2) (buffet as in: all-you-can-eat buffet)
a self-served meal
(3) (buffet as in: placed on the buffet)
a type of furniture from which food or drink can be served
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Buffet can also be a last name.