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blus⋅ter

[bluhs-ter]

–verb (used without object)

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.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to force or accomplish by blustering: He blustered his way through the crowd.

–noun

4.	boisterous noise and violence: the bluster of the streets.

5.	noisy, empty threats or protests; inflated talk: bluff and bluster.

Origin:
1520–30; perh. < LG blustern, blüstern to blow violently; cf. ON blāstr blowing, hissing

Related forms:

blus⋅ter⋅er, noun

blus⋅ter⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

blus⋅ter⋅y, blus⋅ter⋅ous, adjective

blus⋅ter⋅ous⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. rant, brag, boast, gloat. 3. threaten, storm, bully.

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blus·ter (blŭs'tər)

v. blus·tered, blus·ter·ing, blus·ters

v. intr.

To blow in loud, violent gusts, as the wind during a storm.
1. To speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner.
2. To brag or make loud, empty threats.

v. tr.
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.

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