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Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blustered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Blustering}.] [Allied to blast.]
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1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be
windy and boisterous, as the weather.
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And ever-threatening storms
Of Chaos blustering round. --Milton.
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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.
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Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic
tyrants. --Burke.
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Blustering \Blus"ter*ing\, a.
1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy;
tumultuous.
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A tempest and a blustering day. --Shak.
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2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous.
"A blustering fellow." --L'Estrange.
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