buffeting

/B AH0 F EY1 IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.

  2. 2

    To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.

  3. 3

    To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.

    โ€œto buffet the billowsโ€

  4. 4

    To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

noun
  1. 1

    A blow or motion that buffets.

  2. 2

    Random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/buffet, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/buffeting