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.
© Webster 1913.
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.
© Webster 1913.