Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rebuff"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rebuff
n 1: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of
anger or disapproval) [syn: {slight}]
2: an instance of driving away or warding off [syn: {snub}, {repulse}]
v 1: reject outright and bluntly [syn: {snub}, {brush off}, {repel}]
2: force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the
onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [syn: {repel}, {repulse},
{fight off}, {drive back}]
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