Definitions for bluster

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bluster blus·ter

Spelling: [bluhs-ter]

IPA: /ˈblʌs tər/

Bluster is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 218 anagrams from letters in bluster (belrstu).

Definitions for bluster

noun

1. boisterous noise and violence:
2. noisy, empty threats or protests; inflated talk:

verb (used with object)

1. to force or accomplish by blustering:

verb (used without object)

1. to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
2. to be loud, noisy, or swaggering; utter loud, empty menaces or protests:

Origin of bluster

1520-30; perhaps Low German blustern, blüstern to blow violently; compare Old Norse blāstr blowing, hissing

Examples for bluster

The movement has gotten by on cliché and bluster and Scotch tape.

By contrast, George W. Bush launched two disastrous wars, and in so doing gave GOP bluster a bad name.

"I don't know and I don't care," Barnes answered with a weak attempt at bluster.

But bluster was all it was: Carter entered and left the building without incident.

Mr. Hapgood's bluster collapsed, like a punctured toy balloon.

But he of The Blunder and bluster was a much higher style of man.

In any case, he saw that there was nothing he could hope to gain by violence or bluster.

This is, of course, bluster, yet the harsh words come at a particularly sensitive moment.

Consequently, the ones who suffer the brunt of your bluster are not Muslims in other nations that you may want to influence.

I, who whip round corners and bluster, relapse and evade, then rally and pursue!