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To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.

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  1. v. i. To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.
  2. n. See Roisterer.
  3. v. engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
  4. To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent. I have a roisting challenge sent amongst The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks. Shak. See Roisterer.
  5. To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting,or turbulent.I have a roisting challenge sent amongst The dull and factious noblesof the Greeks. Shak.
  6. v engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking