rebuffer

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noun

One who, or that which, rebuffs.

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Meanings

rebuffer1

nounrebuffer (plural rebuffers)

plural rebuffers

  1. One who, or that which, rebuffs.

    One of the church's great roles is as the great dissenter of every age, the bearer of unwelcome truths, the rebuffer of the wisdoms of the world.

    2001, Leonard Sweet, Soultsunami: Sink Or Swim in New Millennium Culture

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verbrebuffer (third-person singular simple present rebuffers, present participle rebuffering, simple past and past participle rebuffered)

present singular third person rebuffers · participle present rebuffering · participle past rebuffered · past rebuffered

  1. transitivecomputingTo buffer (data) again.

    This avoids client-side buffer underflows and rebuffering interruptions.

    2005, Stephen B. Weinstein, The multimedia Internet

Origin

rebuffer · noun

From rebuff + -er.

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rebuffer · verb

From re- + buffer.

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Cite this entry
APA

rebuffer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebuffer

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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