bluster
pronunciation
How to pronounce bluster in British English:
UK [ˈblʌstə(r)]
How to pronounce bluster in American English:
US [ˈblʌstɚ]
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- Noun:
- noisy confusion and turbulence
- a swaggering show of courage
- a violent gusty wind
- vain and empty boasting
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- Verb:
- blow hard; be gusty, as of wind
- show off
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
Word Origin
- bluster (n.)
- 1580s, from bluster (v.).
- bluster (v.)
- late 14c., from a Low German source, such as Middle Low German blüstren "to blow violently," East Frisian blüstern "to bluster" (see blow (v.1)). Related: Blustered; blustering.
Example
- 1. Empty bluster is unlikely to bother china .
- 2. In these conditions , protest and bluster function as marketing tools .
- 3. Conversation limited to sports or shopping may get boring to someone who likes to ponder philosophy and bluster about business .
- 4. Republicans bluster that they will repeal obamacare and dodd-frank and abolish whole government agencies , but give only a sketchy idea of what should replace them .
- 5. But mr schumer 's interventions look increasingly like bluster rather than threat .