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as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering round. Milton.

One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer.

Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous. A tempest and a blustering day. Shak.

In a blustering manner.

Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering. Motley.

In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently. He brawleth bigly. Robynson (More's Utopia. )

A blustering, talkative fellow. [Local slang, U. S.] Barllett.

One who blatters; a babbler; a noisy, blustering boaster.

Blusterous. Shak.

To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]

A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow. Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in. Palmerston.

rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet. Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull Seafaring men o'erwatched. Milton. The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence. Sir W. Scott.

A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash. [Low]

The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show. [R. & Colloq.] He must fight a duel before his claim to . . . dashism can be universally allowed. V. Knox.

To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low]

with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. Prior.…

A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully. The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like a drawcansir, sparing neither friend nor foe. Addison.

A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift.

to swim; to be buoyed up. The ark no more now floats, but seems on ground. Milton. Three blustering nights, borne by the southern blast, I floated. Dryden.

A blusterer; a rowdy. [Obs.] Unpolished, a frapler, and base. B. Jonson.