Meanings
nounbuffeting (countable and uncountable, plural buffetings)
plural buffetings
- countableuncountableA blow or motion that buffets.
He suspected it was mainly for this that he married her, to be his shield against the world’s buffetings.
2008 April 27, Benjamin Black, “The Lemur”, in New York Times1 more example
Though still early in the afternoon, the ceaseless buffetings of a most tempestuous wind made us feel weary […]
1907, Algernon Blackwood, The Willows - countableuncountableaeronauticsRandom, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow, Mach buffeting.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of buffet
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish tärinä, väpätys
- tärinärandom oscillations of the airplane
- väpätysrandom oscillations of the airplane
German Flatterschwingung
- Flatterschwingungrandom oscillations of the airplane
Russian ба́фтинг
- ба́фтинг (báfting)random oscillations of the airplane
Turkish gövde titreşimi
- gövde titreşimirandom oscillations of the airplane
Cite this entry
APA
buffeting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffeting
MLA
“buffeting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffeting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buffeting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffeting.
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