Definition of "buffeting" [buf•fet•ing]

• Present participle of buffet. (verb)
• A blow or motion that buffets. (noun)
• Random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow (noun)

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• "“The unused air bag on the left remains in exactly the same position, no matter how much buffeting is supposedly going on in the plane.”"
• "And as it went through the wind sheer -- remember, I came up, tried to envision the wind coming straight down to the ground, hitting the ground and then kind of buffeting outward."
• "It was the reward of courageous 'buffeting' and enslaving of the body; he was an austere ascetic."