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Definition of Rebuff
Rebuff Rebuff Re*buff", n. [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 Rebuff Re*buff", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuffed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Rebuffing.]
To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to
repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.