buffeting
noun
[ ˈbʌfɪtɪŋ ]
• the action of striking someone or something repeatedly and violently.
• "the roofs have survived the buffeting of worse winds than this"
• irregular oscillation of part of an aircraft, caused by turbulence.
buffet
verb
• (especially of wind or waves) strike repeatedly and violently; batter.
• "rough seas buffeted the coast"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French buffeter (verb), buffet (noun), diminutive of bufe ‘a blow’.
