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counterbuffing

counterbuffing is the present participle and gerund of counterbuff.

Meaning of counterbuff

Verb

counterbuff (third-person singular simple present counterbuffs, present participle counterbuffing, simple past and past participle counterbuffed)

  1. To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
    • The giddy Ship betwixt the VVinds and Tides / Forc'd back, and forvvards in a Circle rides, / Stun'd with the diff'rent Blows; then ſhoots amain / Till counterbuff'd ſhe ſtops, and ſleeps again.1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 553

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Questions about counterbuffing

What is counterbuffing the present participle and gerund of?
Counterbuffing is the present participle and gerund of counterbuff.

Words near counterbuffing in the dictionary

  1. counterbriefing
  2. counterbriefings
  3. counterbriefs
  4. counterbuff
  5. counterbuffed
  6. counterbuffing
  7. counterbuffs
  8. counterbullying
  9. countercaliphate
  10. countercall
  11. countercalls

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