buffeting
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈbʌfɪtɪŋ/
- Then came a harsher movement, and her lifesuit activated, hardening against the buffeting her body was taking.
Examples
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I see him at the age of nineteen, strong against the buffeting of the wind, the powerful engine roaring beneath him.
Academic text (2001) -
If I get any buffeting, I'll throttle back.
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I put my hand coolly against the window, feeling the wind buffeting, trying to break in and get me.
Fiction book (1996) -
He was getting quite a buffeting!
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In fact, he positively welcomes the buffeting.
Blog text (6) -
The team waits a moment for the buffeting to cease, and then Charlie reaches down into the tunnel, pulling up one of the electronics cases.
Fiction book (1996) -
Travis, at the bottom of the tunnel, grabs for the hatch when another buffeting knocks him aside.
Fiction book (1996) -
Brian looks up in wonder at the buffeting waves of flame in the ceiling, at the screeching timbers crumbling to the white-hot floor.
Fiction book (1991) -
As he held the wheel tightly against the buffeting of the wind and drove along the curving road out of the village, he realized that he had never questioned Mrs. Gallagher's bitterness.
Fiction book (2002) -
The strong buffeting of the waves made it difficult for the boat to stay on course.
Synonyms
120
4.2
Hitting a person many times as punishment or violence
47
1.0
An act of striking something with force, often with a hand or object
24
2.9
A series of strong, repeated hits or beats
22
4.7
A heavy repeated hitting sound, like drums or rain
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2.8
A series of hard hits against something, often loud and strong
9
6.5
Repeated violent hitting or strong criticism that causes harm
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6.7
A severe beating given to someone as punishment
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8.1
A hard hit given to someone as punishment
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Etymology
Buffeting comes from the verb buffet, from an old French word meaning 'to strike', and it sounds like the short 'buff' of a hit. So, to be buffeted is to be hit again and again, which is why we say a ship or building suffers 'buffeting' in strong winds.