bluster
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bluster
- /ˈblʌs.tə/ UK
- /ˈblʌs.tɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ʌstə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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”).
noun blusters
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Pompous, officious talk.
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pl
Similar: bombast
- A gust of wind.
- Fitful noise and violence.
verb blusters · blustering · blustered
- To speak or protest loudly. When confronted by opposition his reaction was to bluster, which often cowed the meek.
- To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner. Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants.
- To blow in strong or sudden gusts (refers to winds). And ever-threatening storms / Of Chaos blustering round.
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noun pompous, officious talk
| Español | bravatas, fanfarronadas, bravuconerías, bravuconadas |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Getöse, Aufblasen, Aufplustern, Kraftmeierei, Prahlerei, wichtigtuerisches Gerede |
| Italiano | sbruffoneria |
noun fitful noise and violence
| Deutsch | Gepolter, Geschrei, Wutgeschrei, Wutgeheul |
|---|
verb to speak or protest loudly
| Español | fanfarrear, fanfarronear |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | poltern, laut werden |
verb to act or speak in a threatening manner
| Deutsch | wüste Drohungen ausstoßen |
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