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bluster definition

blus·ter (blus′tər)

intransitive verb

  1. to blow stormily: said of wind
  2. to speak or conduct oneself in a noisy, swaggering, or bullying manner

Etymology: ME blustren, to blow violently < or akin to LowG blüstern, blistern: for IE base see fluctuate

transitive verb

  1. to force by blustering; bully
  2. to say noisily and aggressively

noun

  1. stormy blowing or noisy commotion
  2. noisy swaggering or bullying talk

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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