Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blustering"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blustering \Blus"ter*ing\, a.
1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy;
tumultuous.
A tempest and a blustering day. --Shak.
2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous.
``A blustering fellow.'' --L'Estrange.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blustering
adj : blowing in loud and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or
blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day";
"a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind" [syn:
{blustering(a)}, {blusterous}, {blustery}, {gusty}]
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