bluster

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BLUS'TER, verb intransitive [Probably allied to blaze, blast.] 1. To be loud, noisy or swaggering; to bully; to purr; to swagger; as a turbulent or boasting person. 2. To roar, and be tumultuous, as wind; to be boisterous; to be windy; ; to hurry. BLUS'TER, noun Noise; tumult; boasting; boisterousness; turbulence; roar of a tempest; violent wind; hurry; any irregular noise and tumult from wind, or from vanity.
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