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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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