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  1. counterbuffnoun

    A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Counterbuffnoun

    A blow in a contrary direction; a stroke that produces a recoil.

    Etymology: counter and buff.

    He at the second gave him such a counterbuff, that, because Phalantus was not to be driven from the saddle, the saddle with broken girths was driven from the horse. Philip Sidney.

    Go, captain Stub, lead on, and show
    What house you come of, by the blow
    You give sir Quintin, and the cuff
    You ’scape o’ th’ sandbags counterbuff. Ben Jonson.

  2. To Counterbuffverb

    To impell in a direction opposite to the former impulse; to strike back.

    Etymology: from counter and buff.

    The giddy ship, betwixt the winds and tides,
    Forc’d back and forwards, in a circle rides,
    Stunn’d with the diff’rent blows; then shoots amain,
    ’Till counterbuff’d she stops, and sleeps again. Dryden.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Counterbuffverb

    to strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front

  2. Counterbuffnoun

    a blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of counterbuff in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of counterbuff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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