Buffeting
verb
To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
“to buffet the billows”
noun
A blow or motion that buffets.
Random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow