Definition of bluster

noun (n)

• noisy confusion and turbulence (noun.state)

  Example:
  He was awakened by the bluster of their preparations.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a swaggering show of courage (noun.communication)

  Synonym: bravado
  

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• a violent gusty wind (noun.phenomenon)

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• vain and empty boasting (noun.communication)

  Synonym: braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade
  

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• Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• blow hard; be gusty, as of wind (verb.weather)

  Example:
  A southeaster blustered onshore.
  The flames blustered.
  

  source: wordnet30
• show off (verb.communication)

  Synonym: blow, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt
  

  source: wordnet30
• act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner (verb.body)

  Synonym: swagger, swash
  

  source: wordnet30
• To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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