Category:Rebuff

Re*buff", n. Etym: [it. ribuffo, akin to ribuffare to repulse; pref. Ri- (l. re-) + buffo puff. Cf. Buff to strike, buffet a blow.]

1. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance. The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud. Milton.

2. Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; Rejection of solicitation.

Rebuff Re*buff", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuffing.]

Defn: to beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel Or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.