Word Study
buffeting (root: buffet)
CIDE DICTIONARY
buffeting, n.
- A striking with the hand. [1913 Webster]
- 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." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
buffeting, n.
1 a beating; repeated blows.
2 Aeron. an irregular oscillation, caused by air eddies, of any part of an aircraft.
1 a beating; repeated blows.
2 Aeron. an irregular oscillation, caused by air eddies, of any part of an aircraft.
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