bluster
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- n noisy confusion and turbulence
he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations - n a swaggering show of courage
- n a violent gusty wind
- n vain and empty boasting
- v blow hard; be gusty, as of wind
A southeaster blustered onshore
The flames blustered - v show off
- v act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- But McCain also lost, because of the bluster and false analogies of his comments.
- That is a threat that doesn't yield easily to the empty bluster of neocons--indeed, it was accelerated by US bluster.
- In Chasing Amy, he found the poignancy in male bluster, the warmth in a guy's rivalry with and veneration of that other species, The Girl.