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buffeting

buffeting noun: a blow or motion that buffets. Also the present participle and gerund of buffet.

Noun

buffeting (countable and uncountable, plural buffetings)

  1. A blow or motion that buffets.
    • Though still early in the afternoon, the ceaseless buffetings of a most tempestuous wind made us feel weary […]1907, Algernon Blackwood, The Willows
    • He suspected it was mainly for this that he married her, to be his shield against the world’s buffetings.2008 April 27, Benjamin Black, “The Lemur”, in New York Times
  2. random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow

Also used as

buffeting is also the present participle and gerund of buffet.

Forms of buffeting

pluralbuffetings

Questions about buffeting

What does buffeting mean?
Buffeting means a blow or motion that buffets.
What part of speech is buffeting?
Buffeting is a noun.
What is the plural of buffeting?
The plural of buffeting is buffetings.

Words near buffeting in the dictionary

  1. buffeted
  2. buffeter
  3. buffeteria
  4. buffeterias
  5. buffeters
  6. buffeting
  7. buffetings
  8. buffetry
  9. buffets
  10. Buffett
  11. buffetted

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