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Bluster

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bravadonounA swaggering show of defiance or courage.
toutverb(transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
swashnoun(technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
swaggernounTo behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.
boastverb(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
vauntverb(transitive) To speak boastfully about.
rodomontadenounVain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.
bragverb(intransitive, often with of) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.
braggadocionounEmpty boasting.
gasnoun(uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
shoot a lineverbshow off
blownoun(intransitive) To produce an air current.
gasconadenounBoastful talk.

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bragnounA boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
boastnounA brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
vauntnounAn instance of vaunting; a boast.
rodomontadenounVain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.
gasconadenounBoastful talk.
braggadocionounEmpty boasting.
bravadonounA swaggering show of defiance or courage.
swaggernounConfidence, pride.
toutnounSomeone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
blownounA strong wind.
swashnoun(technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
gasnoun(uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
shoot a lineverbshow off
swaggeringverbBoastful, proud, self-confident.
big talknoun(idiomatic) Statements which are boastful or exaggerated.
gasbaggerynounExcessive or pompous speech or writing; blather.
bombastnoun(figurative) High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
vapouringnounBoasting; blustering.
braggartismnounboasting, boastfulness
big wordnoun(in the plural) Boastful or exaggerated statements.

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