OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 34394

bluster

/ˈblʌs.tə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bravatas • bravuconadas • bravuconerías • fanfarronadas
Pompous, officious talk.
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Im…
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 34395

bluster

/ˈblʌs.tə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fanfarrear • fanfarronear
To speak or protest loudly.
When confronted by opposition his reaction was to bluster, which often cowed the meek.