counterbuff

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noun

A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.

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Meanings

nouncounterbuff (plural counterbuffs)

plural counterbuffs

  1. A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.
verbcounterbuff (third-person singular simple present counterbuffs, present participle counterbuffing, simple past and past participle counterbuffed)

present singular third person counterbuffs · participle present counterbuffing · participle past counterbuffed · past counterbuffed

  1. To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.

    The giddy Ship betwixt the VVinds and Tides / Forc'd back, and forvvards in a Circle rides, / Stun'd with the diff'rent Blows; then ſhoots amain / Till counterbuff'd ſhe ſtops, and ſleeps again.

    1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 553

Origin

From counter- + buff.

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APA

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MLA

“counterbuff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterbuff. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterbuff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterbuff.

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