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Webster 1913 Edition

Buffeting

Buf′fet-ing

,
Noun.
1.
A striking with the hand.
2.
A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity.
He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . fitted to endure the
buffeting
on the rudest storm.
Wirt.

Webster 1828 Edition

Buffeting

BUFF'ETING

,
ppr.
Striking with the hand; boxing; contending against.

BUFF'ETING

,
Noun.
A striking with the hand.
1.
Contention; attack; opposition.
He seems to have been a plant of slow growth,but formed for duration, and fitted to endure the buffetings of the rudest storm.

Definition 2024

buffeting

buffeting

English

Noun

buffeting ‎(plural buffetings)

  1. A blow or motion that buffets.
    • 1907, Algernon Blackwood, The Willows
      Though still early in the afternoon, the ceaseless buffetings of a most tempestuous wind made us feel weary […]
    • 2008 April 27, Benjamin Black, “The Lemur”, in New York Times:
      He suspected it was mainly for this that he married her, to be his shield against the world’s buffetings.
  2. (aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow

Translations

Verb

buffeting

  1. present participle of buffet

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