REBUFF
\ɹɪbˈʌf], \ɹɪbˈʌf], \ɹ_ɪ_b_ˈʌ_f]\
Definitions of REBUFF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
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a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
By Princeton University
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force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
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a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
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To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
By Oddity Software
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Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
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To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A beating back: sudden resistance: sudden check: defeat: unexpected refusal.
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To beat back: to check: to repel violently: to refuse.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A beating back; a quick and sudden resistance; sudden check; repulse; refusal.
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To beat back; to check.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
