I. ˈbləstə(r) verb
( blustered ; blustered ; blustering -st(ə)riŋ ; blusters )
Etymology: Middle English blustren, probably from Middle Low German blüsteren to storm; probably akin to Old High German blāsan to blow — more at blast
intransitive verb
1. : to blow in stormy noisy gusts
with clouds spitting snow and wind blustering off the lake — T.W.Duncan
: be windy and boisterous
when autumn blusters and the orchard rocks — Robert Browning
2. : to talk and act with noisy, swaggering, and often empty threats : play the bully : storm , rage
it pleased a people who bragged and blustered but felt themselves outsiders in the world of nations — J.D.Hart
transitive verb
1. : to utter with noisy swaggering self-assertiveness
blustering I know not what of insolence and love — Alfred Tennyson
2. : to drive or force by blustering : bully , hector
a hurricane blustering its wild way across quiet country — W.S.Maugham
trying to bluster us into the belief that they are much better than they look — F.A.Swinnerton
Synonyms: see roar
II. noun
( -s )
1. : a violent boisterous blowing : storm , blast
the strong breeze driving them was setting up a bluster on the water — Rose Thurburn
2. : boisterous noise or violent commotion
they do their work without bluster or ostentation — Stanley Walker
3. : noisy, violent, or threatening talk : boastful empty speech
I don't count his bluster worth a cent — Winston Churchill