bluster

«bluster» in Mova's school dictionary: loud, angry talk or threats with little real force behind it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (no plural); verb (blusters, blustered, blustering)

meaning for a pupil

1) Bluster is loud, angry talk or threats with little real force behind it. tree →

2) To bluster is to talk loudly and boldly without much meaning. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the lessons, bluster is noisy show that gets nowhere; kindness and persuasion work better than bluster

examples

• He tried bluster, but nobody was afraid. tree →
• The bully blustered at the referee. tree →
• Gentle words win where bluster fails. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bluster» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.