Meaning of BLUSTERING
| Pronunciation: | | bl'usturing
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| | Definition: | | \Blus"ter*ing\, a.
1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy;
tumultuous.
A tempest and a blustering day. --Shak.
2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous.
``A blustering fellow.'' --L'Estrange.
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