[bluhs-ter] 
| 1. | to roar and be tumultuous, as wind. |
| 2. | to be loud, noisy, or swaggering; utter loud, empty menaces or protests: He blusters about revenge but does nothing. |
| 3. | to force or accomplish by blustering: He blustered his way through the crowd. |
| 4. | boisterous noise and violence: the bluster of the streets. |
| 5. | noisy, empty threats or protests; inflated talk: bluff and bluster. |
| blus·ter (blŭs'tər) v. blus·tered, blus·ter·ing, blus·ters v. intr.
To force or bully with swaggering threats. n.
[Middle English blusteren, from Middle Low German blüsteren.] blus'ter·er n., blus'ter·y, blus'ter·ous adj. |