Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - bluster
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Bluster
bluster
I. verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English blustren, probably from Middle Low German blusteren Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats 2. a. to blow in stormy noisy gusts b. to be windy and boisterous transitive verb 1. to utter with noisy self-assertiveness 2. to drive or force by ~ing • ~er noun • ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 1583 1. a violent boisterous blowing 2. violent commotion 3. loudly boastful or threatening speech • ~ous adjective • ~y adjective
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v. & n. --v.intr. 1 behave pompously and boisterously; utter empty threats. 2 (of the wind etc.) blow fiercely. --n. 1 noisily self-assertive talk. 2 empty threats. Derivatives blusterer n. blustery adj. Etymology: 16th c.: ult. imit. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. рев бури 2. рев духового инструмента 3. невероятный шум 4. пустые угрозы 5. громкие слова; хвастовство 6. бушевать, реветь 7. шуметь, неистовствовать, угрожать to bluster into obedience —- запугать и заставить повиноваться to bluster out threats —- изрыгать угрозы, грозиться 8. хвастаться Id: to bluster one's way out of a difficulty —- вырваться из затруднительного положения ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) рев бури 2) шум, пустые угрозы, хвастовство 2. v. 1) бушевать; реветь (о буре) 2) шуметь, хвастаться, грозиться (at) 3) неистовствовать - bluster it out BLUSTER it out оправдывать свои неправомерные действия When Tom was caught cheating, he tried to bluster it out but he couldnt deceive us. ...Англо-русский словарь
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(blusters, blustering, blustered) If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended. ‘That’s lunacy,’ he blustered... He was still blustering, but there was panic in his eyes. VERB: V with quote, V • Bluster is also a noun. ...the bluster of the Conservatives’ campaign. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v 1 to speak in a loud, angry way (He was inclined to bluster when his authority was challenged.) 2 if the wind blusters, it blows violently - bluster n - blustering adj (blustering wintry weather) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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