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1. Blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
   "blustering winds of Patagonia";
   - blusterous, blustery

1. Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
   - swagger, swash [archaic]
    
2. Blow hard; be gusty, as of wind
   "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered"
    
3. Show off, esp. with exaggeration
   - boast, tout, swash [archaic], shoot a line [informal], brag, gas [informal], blow, vaunt, gasconade [archaic], skite [Austral, NZ, informal]

See also: procellous [archaic], stormy

Type of: act, amplify, behave, blow, do, exaggerate, hyperbolise [Brit], hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate

Encyclopedia: Bluster