n. tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in Western U.S.
Syn. -- blue stem, Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Blustered p. pr. & vb. n. Blustering. ] [ Allied to blast. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

And ever-threatening storms
Of Chaos blustering round. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully. [ 1913 Webster ]

He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

To the winds they set
Their corners, when with bluster to confound
Sea, air, and shore. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tempest and a blustering day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous. “A blustering fellow.” L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a blustering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]