Dictionary entry

Bluster

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.