buffeting

English

Verb

buffeting

1. Present participle of buffet.

Noun

buffeting (plural buffetings)

1. A blow or motion that buffets.
   • 2008 April 27, Benjamin Black, “The Lemur”, New York Times:

     He suspected it was mainly for this that he married her, to be his shield against the world’s buffetings.

2. (aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow

Translations

random oscillations of the airplane

• Russian: бафтинг (ru) (báfting) m