Flurry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A brief, light snowfall.
  • n. A sudden gust of wind.
  • n. A stirring mass, as of leaves or dust; a shower.
  • n. A sudden burst or commotion; a stir: a flurry of interest in the new product; a flurry of activity when the plane landed.
  • n. A short period of active trading, as on a stock exchange.
  • v. To agitate, stir, or confuse.
  • verb-intransitive. To move or come down in a flurry.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A brief snowfall.
  • n. A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
  • n. Any sudden activity; a stir.
  • n. A snack consisting of soft ice cream studded small pieces of fruit, cookie, etc.
  • v. To agitate, bewilder, disconcert.
  • v. To move or fall in a flurry.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
  • n. A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind.
  • n. Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.
  • n. The violent spasms of a dying whale.
  • v. To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A state of perturbed action or feeling; a violent agitation, physical or mental; a disordered or excited movement; flutter; commotion: as, to be in a continual flurry; to raise a flurry in an assembly.
  • n. Specifically, of a whale, the death-agony; the spasmodic action of the animal while expiring.
  • n. A sudden brief movement of air; an irregular blast or gust: as, a flurry of wind.
  • n. A fluttering assemblage of things, as snow-flakes, carried by or passing through the air.
  • n. In calico-printing, a state of frothiness developed by some colors in the process of printing, due in some to quick printing and in others to slow printing. It is obviated by the use of glycerin, oil, turpentine, or alcohol.
  • To produce agitation of feeling in; confuse by excitement or alarm.
  • In heraldry, same as fleury.
  • n. The scum that forms on top of a dye-vat, as an indigo-blue vat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)
  • n. a rapid active commotion
  • v. cause to feel embarrassment
  • v. move in an agitated or confused manner
  • Verb Form
    flurried    flurries    flurrying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    snowfall    snow    din    ruckus    rumpus    commotion    tumult    ruction    move   
    Cross Reference
    rain    snow    wind   
    Variant
    flurried   
    Form
    flurried    flurrying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    commotion    bustle    hurry    excitement    agitation    fluster    confusion    excite    agitate    confuse   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Curry    Murray    Murree    Surrey    Urey    Uri    blurry    burry    currie    curry   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gust    spurt    whirl    swirl    barrage    flutter    whirlwind    outburst    stir    squall