Buffeting
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 […]"
- 2 repeated heavy blows wordnet
- 3 random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of buffet form-of, gerund, participle, present
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples""I can't hear you! The wind is buffeting my ears!" "What?""