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Adjective: buffeted  bú-fi-tid
  1. Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
    "The buffeted ship struggled through the rough seas";
    - storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, tempest-tost, tempest-swept
Verb: buffet  bú'fey [N. Amer], 'bû-fey or bú-fey [Brit]
  1. Strike, beat repeatedly
    "The wind buffeted him";
    - buff
     
  2. Strike against forcefully
    "Winds buffeted the tent";
    - knock about, batter

See also: troubled

Type of: hit, strike

Encyclopedia: Buffet