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Bluster

Bluster (bluster)
v. i.((?))
Blus"ter
[imp. *** p. p. Blustered (&?]); p. pr. *** vb. n. Blustering.] [Allied to blast.]

  1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind] to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

    And ever-threatening storms
    Of Chaos blustering round.
    Milton.

  2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage.

    Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants.
    Burke.

Bluster

Bluster (bluster)
v. t.
Blus"ter
  1. To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.

    He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy.
    Sir T. More.

    As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands.
    Fuller.

Bluster

Bluster (bluster)
n.
Blus"ter
  1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.

    To the winds they set
    Their corners, when with bluster to confound
    Sea, air, and shore.
    Milton.

  2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language.
    L'Estrange.

    Syn. -- Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying.













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