3 entries under this word
v. i. [imp. & p. p. BLUSTERED; p. pr. & vb. n. BLUSTERING.] [Allied to blast, q. v.] 1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous. And ever-threatening storms Of chaos blustering round. Milton. 2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to puff; to bully. Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants here. Burke.
v. t. To utter, or effect, with noisy violence.
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.
n. 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.
Sense 2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; swaggering; tumult.
In town I'll fix my station, And try to make a bluster in the nation. Cradock.
Sense 3. Tumultuous noise. “The brazen trumpet's bluster.” Swift.
Synonyms—Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying.