"bluster" meaning in All languages combined

See bluster on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈblʌs.tə/ [UK], /ˈblʌs.tɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-bluster.ogg [US] Forms: bluster, blusters [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Bluster is smug formal talk.
    Sense id: simple-bluster-en-noun-Wp79DLoI
  2. A bluster is a gust of wind.
    Sense id: simple-bluster-en-noun-R417azG-

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈblʌs.tə/ [UK], /ˈblʌs.tɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-bluster.ogg [US] Forms: bluster [canonical], blusters [third-person, singular], blustered [past], blustered [past, participle], blustering [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To bluster is to speak or protest loudly.
    Sense id: simple-bluster-en-verb-szMaDyAj
  2. To bluster is to speak or act in a threatening way.
    Sense id: simple-bluster-en-verb-IHJNFEjH
  3. To bluster is to blow in strong and sudden gusts.
    Sense id: simple-bluster-en-verb-mY4v5lAW
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