bluster

[Blus·ter]

If you tell the captain of the basketball team that you're going to beat him at a game of hoops even though you've never played, you're speaking with a lot of bluster or false confidence and bravado.

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To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

Noun
a swaggering show of courage

Noun
vain and empty boasting

Noun
a violent gusty wind

Noun
noisy confusion and turbulence; "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations"

Verb
act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

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Verb
show off

Verb
blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered"


v. i.
To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

v. i.
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.

v. t.
To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.

n.
Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.

n.
Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language.


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.
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.

Bluster

Blus"ter, v. t. To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.
He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy.
As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands.

Bluster

Blus"ter, n. 1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.
To the winds they set Their corners, when with bluster to confound Sea, air, and shore.
2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. L'Estrange. Syn. -- Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying.

To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.

Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.

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