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flurry
[ flur-ee, fluhr-ee ]
noun
- 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.
- a sudden gust of wind.
verb (used with object)
- to put (a person) into a flurry; confuse; fluster.
verb (used without object)
- (of snow) to fall or be blown in a flurry.
- to move in an excited or agitated manner.
flurry
/ ˈflʌrɪ /
noun
- a 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
- to confuse or bewilder or be confused or bewildered
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- flurried·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of flurry1
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Example Sentences
“I have full faith that this will happen,” Williams says, prepping her fairy dust for a flurry of happy thoughts.
Another flurry of pro-ACA Instagram posts from Hollywood actors?
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.
A flurry of emails continued over the weekend, culminating in what they claimed were $2 million in new donations.
Thus began a flurry of back-and-forth emails between director and subject.
And this was all they said to each other—until they had gone through the flurry of the station and found their compartment.
She seemed to be overcome by quite a little flurry of passion, and her manner irritated me.
A dorsal fin cut the surface close by, there was a little flurry, and the pirate disappeared.
But armed as he was, severe and flash-tempered as he seemed, Mackenzie was not in any sort of a flurry to give ground before him.
There was a short, sharp flurry, but Vincente knew every trick of the game and speedily brought the gallant fish on board.
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