(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If you say that someone is ~ing, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
‘That’s lunacy,’ he ~ed...
He was still ~ing, but there was panic in his eyes.
VERB: V with quote, V
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Bluster is also a noun.
...the ~ of the Conservatives’ campaign.
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