buffeting

Noun

Synonyms: pounding

WordNet 3.0

Buffet \Buf"fet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buffeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Buffeting.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the preceding noun.]

1.To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. [1913 Webster]

They spit in his face and buffeted him.— Matt. xxvi. 67.[1913 Webster]

2.To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows. [1913 Webster]

The sudden hurricane in thunder roars, Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores.— Broome.[1913 Webster]

You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of your own, instead of being buffeted about the world.— W. Black.[1913 Webster]

3.[Cf. Buffer.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper. [1913 Webster]

Buffeting \Buf"fet*ing\, n.

1.A striking with the hand. [1913 Webster]

2.A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity. [1913 Webster]

He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest storm.— Wirt.[1913 Webster]