[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buffet \buf"fet\, v. t. imp.  p. p. buffeted; p. pr.  vb.
   n. buffeting. oe. buffeten, of. buffeter. see the
   preceding noun.
   1. to strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff;
      to slap.
      1913 webster

            they spit in his face and buffeted him. --matt.
                                                  xxvi. 67.
      1913 webster

   2. to affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive
      with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
      1913 webster

            the sudden hurricane in thunder roars,
            buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores.
                                                  --broome.
      1913 webster

            you are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of
            your own, instead of being buffeted about the world.
                                                  --w. black.
      1913 webster

   3. cf. buffer. to deaden the sound of bells by muffling
      the clapper.
      1913 webster
see also:
buffeted buffeting buffer 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buffeting \buf"feting\, n.
   1. a striking with the hand.
      1913 webster

   2. a succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or
      waves; afflictions; adversity.
      1913 webster

            he seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but .
            . . fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest
            storm.                                --wirt.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

buffeting
     n : repeated heavy blows syn: pounding
see also:
pounding 

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