Blustering

Blustering
Blustering Blus"ter*ing, a. 1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous. [1913 Webster]

A tempest and a blustering day. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous. ``A blustering fellow.'' --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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