And all that time they had submitted to be bullied and blustered at.
"That's just what I was askin' him, sir," blustered the workman.
The other looked into his eyes and quailed, but blustered to the end.
"Well, she can't leave until her board is paid," he blustered.
"This way," blustered Marjorie, heading for the kitchen quarter.
"That boy is to remain here," blustered Tucker, growing red in the face.
He blustered about killing him, as if the boy were on the road to perdition.
When the Emperor heard his safe-conduct had been disgracefully broken, he blustered.
"My character is known all over the State," blustered Magnus.
"But the fence is all tied up with red rags," blustered the angry fellow.
late 14c., from a Low German source, e.g. Middle Low German blüstren "to blow violently," East Frisian blüstern "to bluster" (see blow (v.1)). Related: Blustered; blustering.
1580s, from bluster (v.).
