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Flurry

Flurry Meaning & Definition
Flurry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flurry?

[n] a rapid bustling commotion
[n] 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"
[v] cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
[v] move in an agitated or confused manner

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flurry: ado | bustle | confuse | disconcert | fuss | hustle | put off | snow flurry | stir

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flurry: 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 | Scotch mist | 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 | snowball | snowbank | snowbridge | snowcap | snow-crystal | 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

See Also | abash | bother | commotion | deflect | din | distract | embarrass | fluster | move | ruckus | ruction | rumpus | snow | snowfall | tumult

Flurry In Webster's Dictionary

\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. 2. A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind. Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind. --Longfellow. 3. Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry. The racket and flurry of London. --Blakw. Mag. 4. The violent spasms of a dying whale.
\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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