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Pronunciation : Blus"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Allied to blast.]
Definition : 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blustering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Blus"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Blus"ter
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913