Bluster

Definitions

1. Pompous, officious talk.
   countable, uncountable
2. A gust of wind.
   countable, uncountable
3. Fitful noise and violence.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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. Improving the workings of the businesses they take⟳ over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.”

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