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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ʌri|-ʌri

Noun

a brief snowfall
a shower of dust, leaves etc brought on by a sudden gust of wind
any sudden activity; a stir
:The day before the wedding was a flurry of preparations.

Verb

to move or fall in a flurry
to agitate
to make embarrassed; to disconcert

et:flurry io:flurry it:flurry ru:flurry fi:flurry te:flurry vi:flurry zh:flurry

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Flurry \Flur"ry\, n.; pl. Flurries. [Prov. E. flur to ruffle.]
1. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary
breeze; as, a flurry of wind.
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2. A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind.
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Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind.
--Longfellow.
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3. Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.
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The racket and flurry of London. --Blakw. Mag.
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4. The violent spasms of a dying whale.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Flurry \Flur"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flurried; p. pr. & vb.
n. Flurrying.]
To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. --H.
Swinburne.
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WordNet flurry
n 1: a rapid bustling commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, ado,
fuss, stir]
2: a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something
resembling that); "he had to close the window against the
flurries"; "there was a flurry of chicken feathers" [syn:
snow flurry]
v 1: move in an agitated or confused manner
2: cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the
young man confused her" [syn: confuse, disconcert, {put
off}]
[also: flurried]

Moby Dictionary
Scotch mist , activity , addle , addle the wits , ado , agitate ,
agitation , air speed , asking price , avalanche , ball up ,
bearish prices , beat , beat up , becloud , bedazzle , befuddle ,
befuddlement , bewilder , bewilderment , bid price , blast , blizzard ,
blood rain , blow , bluff , bluster , bluster and bluff , blustering ,
boastfulness , bobbery , boil , boiling , book value , bother ,
botheration , bravado , brouhaha , bug , bullish prices , bullying ,
burst , bustle , call price , celerity , chaos , churn , churn up ,
closing price , cloud , commotion , confuse , confusion , conturbation ,
convulse , crystal , dash , daze , dazzle , decline , disarrange ,
discombobulate , discombobulation , discomfit , discomfiture ,
discompose , discomposure , disconcert , disconcertion , disorder ,
disorganization , disorganize , disorient , disorientation , dispatch ,
disquiet , disquietude , distract , disturb , disturbance , drive ,
driven snow , drizzle , ebullience , ebullition , eddy , effervescence ,
electrify , embarrassment , embroilment , entangle , evening mist ,
excite , excitement , expedition , face value , fall , fanfaronade ,
fastness , feery-fary , ferment , fermentation , fever , feverishness ,
fidgetiness , fidgets , fit , fixed price , flake , flap , flash price ,
flaw , flight , flit , flummox , fluster , flutter , flutteration ,
flutteriness , fog , foment , frenzy , fret , fuddle , fuddlement , fume ,
furore , fuss , fussiness , galvanize , gout of rain , granular snow ,
ground speed , gust , haste , haze , hectoring , helter-skelter , high ,
hubbub , hullabaloo , hurly-burly , hurry , hurry-scurry , hustle ,
igloo , inquietude , instantaneousness , intimidation , issue par ,
issue price , jar , jitters , jolt , jumble , jumpiness , knots ,
lightning speed , low , maelstrom , malaise , mantle of snow ,
market price , market value , maze , mess , miles per hour , mist ,
misty rain , mix up , mizzle , mogul , moider , moil , moisture , muddle ,
muddlement , nerviness , nervosity , nervousness , nominal value ,
offering price , opening price , outburst , paddle , par , par value ,
parity , patter , pell-mell , perplex , perplexity , perturb ,
perturbate , perturbation , pitter-patter , pother , precipitation ,
price , promptitude , promptness , provoke , pucker , put out ,
put price , quicken , quickness , quotation , quoted price , race , rain ,
raindrop , rainfall , rainwater , raise hell , rally , rant , rapidity ,
rattle , restlessness , rile , ripple , rock , rodomontade , roil ,
roughen , round pace , rout , row , rpm , ruffle , rumple , rush , scamper ,
scramble , scud , scurry , scuttle , seethe , seething , settling price ,
shake , shake up , sheet of rain , shock , shower , shuffle , side ,
slosh , slush , snappiness , snow , snow banner , snow bed ,
snow blanket , snow blast , snow fence , snow flurry , snow roller ,
snow slush , snow squall , snow wreath , snow-crystal , snowball ,
snowbank , snowbridge , snowcap , snowdrift , snowfall , snowfield ,
snowflake , snowland , snowman , snowscape , snowshed , snowslide ,
snowslip , snowstorm , spasm , speed , speediness , splatter , splutter ,
sprinkle , spurt , sputter , stagger , stated value , stew , stimulate ,
stir , stir up , swagger , swashbucklery , sweat , swift rate ,
swiftness , swings , swirl , swirling , swivet , throw into confusion ,
tizzy , to-do , trepidation , trepidity , trouble , tumult ,
tumultuation , turbidity , turbulence , turmoil , twitter , unease ,
unfrozen hydrometeor , unhinge , unquiet , unrest , unsettle ,
unsettlement , uproar , upset , velocity , vortex , wet , wet snow , whip ,
whip up , whirl , whirlpool , whirlwind , whisk , wind gust , work up ,
yeastiness