Blus"ter (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Blustering.] [Allied to blast.]

1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

And ever-threatening storms
Of Chaos blustering round.
Milton.

2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage.

Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants.
Burke.

Blus"ter, v. t. To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.

He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy.
Sir T. More.

As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands.
Fuller.

Blus"ter, n. 1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.

To the winds they set
Their corners, when with bluster to confound
Sea, air, and shore.
Milton.

2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. L'Estrange.

Syn. -- Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying.