bullering

Verb (1)

buller (third-person singular simple present bullers, present participle bullering, simple past and past participle bullered)

1. To boil or seethe.
   • The still liquid element startled uprears, It bubbled and bullered and roared in his ears, Like thunder that gallows on high.1821, James Hogg, Winter Evening Tales: Collected Among the Cottagers in the South of Scotland

Verb (2)

buller (third-person singular simple present bullers, present participle bullering, simple past and past participle bullered)

1. To make a lot of noise.
   • "Sae we let go the rape,” said David, “ and he went adown the water screeching and bullering like a Bull of Bashan, as he's ca'd in Scripture.”1818, Sir Walter Scott, The Heart of Mid-Lothian
2. To force one's way; to be pushy.
   • It was not that he bullered and swore like so many of his farmer neighbours. Their men knew what to expect from them, and they swore back, knowing that the next day they could speak to them as if nothing had happened. But Will Murray was different. His word was law.1989, Fred Urquhart, Graeme Roberts, Full Score: Short Stories, page 69

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