to buffet
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6.8
- verb
- /ˈbʌfɪt/
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azotar
- Then the water and the cruel barnacles, the rolling, buffeting waves, the cutting spray.
- buffeted by winds
- buffeted by a storm
- buffeting external forces
Examples
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In 1940, I began to be buffeted from side to side.
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A truck comes past too fast, stirring up dust and buffeting her with wind.
Fiction book (1995) -
Structural damage is likely to occur when storms buffet trees along a forest edge.
Academic text (1992) -
The metal floor was carpeted, and they could feel the wind buffeting the walls of the arch.
Fiction book (1993) -
The ship is intermittently buffeted by turbulence, obviously not the best of flying conditions.
Fiction book (1996) -
Candidates in the late nineteenth century continued to be buffeted by conflicting expectations.
Academic text (1997) -
Huddled against the wind and buffeted by the storm, Hubie was swept far away to warmer waters where there lived an enemy even greater than the leopard seal.
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During the storm, the ship was buffeted by large waves, making it difficult to maintain its course.
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As the hurricane approached, the coastal town was buffeted by fierce winds and heavy rain.
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The old tree was buffeted by strong gusts, causing its branches to sway back and forth.
Synonyms
198
1.6
To hit something many times to shape or flatten it
187
3.5
To hit something many times so it becomes damaged
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7.3
To hit something or someone very hard
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6.3
To hit something hard so it moves or gets damaged
Antonyms
Compounds
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1.6
A morning meal where you serve yourself from many foods like eggs, bread and fruit
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb buffet comes from an old French word buffet that meant 'a blow' or 'strike'. So to buffet something is to hit it again and again, like wind and waves hitting a boat.