Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blustered"

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.


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