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

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Verb

buffeting

  1. present participle and gerund of buffet
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