Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bluster"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. t.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bluster \Blus"ter\, 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.
2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful
language. --L'Estrange.
Syn: Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion;
boasting; swaggering; bullying.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. i. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bluster
n 1: noisy confusion and turbulence; "he was awakened by the
bluster of their preparations"
2: a swaggering show of courage [syn: {bravado}]
3: a violent gusty wind
4: vain and empty boasting [syn: {braggadocio}, {rodomontade},
{rhodomontade}]
v 1: blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; "A southeaster blustered
onshore"; "The flames blustered."
2: show off [syn: {boast}, {tout}, {swash}, {shoot a line}, {brag},
{gas}, {blow}, {vaunt}, {gasconade}]
3: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
[syn: {swagger}, {swash}]
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