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- [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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