buffeting - Definition and Meaning

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(verb)

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(especially of wind or waves) strike repeatedly and violently; batter

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rough seas buffeted the coast

the wind was buffeting at their bodies

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(noun)

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the action of striking someone or something repeatedly and violently

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the roofs have survived the buffeting of worse winds than this

(noun)

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irregular oscillation of part of an aircraft, caused by turbulence