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buffeting

The correct spelling is buffeting.

How to pronounce buffeting

verb

Say it like: Buf-fet-ing

The correct spelling is buffeting. To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap. For example: "to buffet the billows"

Usage Examples

to buffet the billows

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
  2. 2.To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
  3. 3.To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
  4. 4.To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

noun

  1. 1.A blow or motion that buffets.
  2. 2.Random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow

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