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[ flur-ee, fluhr-ee ] / ˈflɜr i, ˈflʌr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flurry ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural flur·ries.a light, brief shower of snow. sudden commotion, excitement, or confusion; nervous hurry: There was a flurry of activity before the guests arrived. Stock Exchange. - a brief rise or fall in prices.
- a brief, unusually heavy period of trading.
verb (used with object), flur·ried, flur·ry·ing.to put (a person) into a flurry; confuse; fluster. verb (used without object), flur·ried, flur·ry·ing.(of snow) to fall or be blown in a flurry. to move in an excited or agitated manner. Origin of flurry1680–90, Americanism; blend of flutter and hurry SYNONYMS FOR flurry2 upset, pother, stir, to-do, fuss, fluster, ado. SEE SYNONYMS FOR flurry ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM flurryflur·ried·ly, adverbWords nearby flurryflurandrenolide, flurazepam, flurazepam hydrochloride, flurbiprofen, flurried, flurry, flush, flush-decked, flush girt, Flushing, flush left Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flurry“I have full faith that this will happen,” Williams says, prepping her fairy dust for a flurry of happy thoughts. The Cast of ‘Peter Pan Live!’ Knows You Hatewatched ‘The Sound of Music’|Kevin Fallon|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST He crumpled to the ground under a flurry of fists and boots, and as he recalls, no one around him tried to stop the attack. As 30-Year Anniversary of Mass Killings in India Arrives, Sikhs Find Safety in USA|Simran Jeet Singh|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST A flurry of emails continued over the weekend, culminating in what they claimed were $2 million in new donations. The Absurd Impeachment Feedback Loop|John Avlon|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Thus began a flurry of back-and-forth emails between director and subject. ‘Life Itself’: A Fitting, Heartrending Tribute to Cinema’s Great Appreciator Roger Ebert|Marlow Stern|July 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A large Danish study addressing these issues made quite a flurry at the end of 2012 (here, here, and here for example). Does Fatherhood Make Men Healthier?|Kent Sepkowitz|June 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST She overturned Arthur Macdonald's top in her flurry, just when he had lashed it up into a beautiful spin. The Little Girl Lost|Eleanor Raper But as they passed me, there came a sudden puff of wind, strong enough to flurry the water into wrinkles. Martin Hyde, The Duke's Messenger|John Masefield When the eventful night came and the gas was lighted all was hurry and flurry and confusion in our home. The Doctor's Daughter|"Vera" Next morning Bullion Flat was in a flurry of excitement and pleasurable anticipation. This second horse started in such a flurry that the Duke lost his cloak, and almost his seat. The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume III.(of III) 1574-84|John Lothrop Motley
British Dictionary definitions for flurry
noun plural -riesa sudden commotion or burst of activity a light gust of wind or rain or fall of snow stock exchange a sudden brief increase in trading or fluctuation in stock prices the death spasms of a harpooned whale verb -ries, -rying or -riedto confuse or bewilder or be confused or bewildered Word Origin for flurryC17: from obsolete flurr to scatter, perhaps formed on analogy with hurry Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flurrywhirl, turmoil, squall, outbreak, spurt, furor, whirlwind, agitation, flaw, flap, disturbance, ferment, ado, stir, pother, to-do, fuss, confusion, spell, bustle |