buffeting
noun 2
Collocations
2VERB + BUFFETING
wind
BUFFETING + NOUN
ears
Definitions
noun
1
A blow or motion that buffets.
Though still early in the afternoon, the ceaseless buffetings of a most tempestuous wind made us feel weary […]
He suspected it was mainly for this that he married her, to be his shield against the world’s buffetings.
2
random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
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noun — repeated heavy blows
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Idioms & Phrases
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Though still early in the afternoon, the ceaseless buffetings of a most tempestuous wind made us feel weary […]
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He suspected it was mainly for this that he married her, to be his shield against the world’s buffetings.
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"I can't hear you! The wind is buffeting my ears!" "What?"
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