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English
Etymology
From counter- + buff.
Noun
counterbuff (plural counterbuffs)
- A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.
Verb
counterbuff (third-person singular simple present counterbuffs, present participle counterbuffing, simple past and past participle counterbuffed)
- To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
1700, Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC, page 553:The giddy Ship betwixt the VVinds and Tides / Forc'd back, and forvvards in a Circle rides, / Stun'd with the diff'rent Blows; then ſhoots amain / Till counterbuff'd ſhe ſtops, and ſleeps again.