v. i.
And ever-threatening storms
Of Chaos blustering round. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully. [ 1913 Webster ]
He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
To the winds they set
Their corners, when with bluster to confound
Sea, air, and shore. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
A tempest and a blustering day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a blustering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]