Bluster

imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blustering

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.

1. 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.

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.