Buf″fet, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Buffeted; p. pr. & vb. n.Buffeting.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the preceding noun.] 1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
They spit in his face and buffeted him.
Matt. xxvi. 67.
2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
The sudden hurricane in thunder roars,
Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores.
Broome.
You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of your own, instead of being buffeted about the world.
W. Black.
3. [Cf. Buffer.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.