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bluster

blus·ter

UK/ˈblʌs.tə/ US/ˈblʌs.tɚ/ rare
noun (4) verb (3)

noun

1.

noisy confusion and turbulence

  • “he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations”
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verb

1.

blow hard; be gusty, as of wind

  • “A southeaster blustered onshore”
  • “The flames blustered”
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Origin

From Middle English blusteren (“to wander about aimlessly”); however, apparently picking up the modern sense from Middle Low German blüstren (“to blow violently”; compare later Low German blustern, blistern). Related to blow, blast. Compare also Saterland Frisian bloasje (“to blow”), bruusje (“to bluster”).

Phrases

  • all bluff and bluster

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