flurry

flur·ry  (flûr, flr)

n. pl. flur·ries

1. A brief, light snowfall.

2.

a. A sudden gust of wind.

b. A stirring mass, as of leaves or dust; a shower.

3. A sudden burst or commotion; a stir: a flurry of interest in the new product; a flurry of activity when the plane landed.

4. A short period of active trading, as on a stock exchange.

v. flur·ried, flur·ry·ing, flur·ries

v.tr.

To agitate, stir, or confuse.

v.intr.

To move or come down in a flurry.

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[Perhaps from flurr, to scatter.]

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flurry [ˈflʌrɪ]

n pl -ries

1. a sudden commotion or burst of activity

2. a light gust of wind or rain or fall of snow

3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) Stock Exchange a sudden brief increase in trading or fluctuation in stock prices

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Fishing) the death spasms of a harpooned whale

vb -ries, -rying, -ried

to confuse or bewilder or be confused or bewildered

[from obsolete flurr to scatter, perhaps formed on analogy with hurry]

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Flurry a fluttering assembly of things.

Examples: flurry of birds [fluttering around before settling down on a lake or marsh]; of passions, 1710; of petals, 1884; of rain, 1892; of ruffles, 1882; of snow, 1836; of snowbirds, 1868; of snowflakes, 1883; of tempest, 1880; of wind.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flurry - a rapid active commotion             ado, bustle, hustle, stir, fuss ruckus, ruction, rumpus, commotion, din, tumult - the act of making a noisy disturbance
	2.	flurry - 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" snow flurry snow, snowfall - precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
Verb	1.	flurry - move in an agitated or confused manner move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	2.	flurry - cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" disconcert, confuse, put off befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, bedevil, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" fluster - cause to be nervous or upset bother - make confused or perplexed or puzzled distract, deflect - draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors" abash, embarrass - cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious

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flurry

noun

1. commotion, stir, bustle, flutter, to-do, excitement, hurry, fuss, disturbance, flap, whirl, furore, ferment, agitation, fluster, ado, tumult There was a flurry of excitement.

2. burst, spell, bout, outbreak, spurt a flurry of diplomatic activity

3. gust, shower, gale, swirl, squall, storm A flurry of snowflakes was scudding by the window.

Translations

flurry [ˈflʌrɪ] N [of wind, snow] → racha f, ráfaga f; [of rain] → chaparrón m (fig) [of excitement] → frenesí m
to be in a flurry → estar nervioso
a flurry of activity → un frenesí de actividad

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flurry [ˈflʌri] n

[snow] → rafale f

a flurry of activity → un débordement d'activité
a flurry of excitement → un frisson d'agitation

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flurry

n

(of snow) → Gestöber nt; (of rain) → Guss m; (of wind) → Stoß m; a flurry of blows → ein Hagel m → von Schlägen

(fig) → Aufregung f, → Nervosität f; in a flurry → ganz aufgescheucht, in großer Aufregung; a flurry of activity → eine Hektik; a flurry of excitement → hektische Aufregung

vt → nervös machen, aufregen ? flurried

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flurry [ˈflʌrɪ] n (of snow) → turbine m; (of wind) → folata
a flurry of activity/excitement → una grande attività/un'improvvisa agitazione
in a flurry → in uno stato di agitazione or eccitazione

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flurry

n flurry [ˈflari, (American ) ˈflə:ri]

1 a sudden rush (of wind etc); light snow A flurry of wind made the door bang; a flurry of excitement; The children expected a lot of snow but there were only flurries. vlaag; vlae هَبَّة ريح فُجائِيَّه подухване poryv, závan vindkast; snebyge der (Wind)Stoß ξαφνικό φύσημα, σύντομο κύμα, σύντομη χιονόπτωση ráfaga puhang وزش ناگهانی؛ باد و بارش tuisku rafale מַשַׁב अचानक होना zapuh, nalet (vjetra, kiše, snijega) szélroham; hózápor tiupan (vind)hviða folata, raffica 突風 돌풍, 눈보라 gūsis, lengvas sniegelis (vēja, lietus) brāzma; snieģelis tiupan vlaag vindkast, snøbyge podmuch wiatru lufada rafală порыв ветра;лёгкий снежок závan, prehánka sunek nalet kastby, snöby, uppståndelse ฝนหรือหิมะที่ตกปรอย ๆ แบบไม่ทันได้ตั้งตัว sağanak; kar serpintisi 陣風 шквал جھڑی، ہلچل cơn gió mạnh bất chợt hoặc cơn mưa, tuyết rơi đột ngột... 阵风

2 a confusion She was in a flurry. in die war إهْتِياج، إضْطِراب смущение rozrušení, rozčilení uro; hektisk aktivitet die Aufregung ταραχή nerviosismo, agitación kärsitus جوش و خروش vipinä émoi בֶּהָלָה हड़बड़ाहट smetenost, zbunjenost izgalom kekalutan uppnám agitazione 動揺 혼란 sumaištis nemiers; satraukums kekeliruan verwarring uro, røre, hektisk aktivitet popłoch azáfama încurcă­tură; agitaţie суматоха rozčúlenie zmeda žurba förvirring ช่วงแห่งความตื่นเต้นหรือความโกลาหลที่เกิดขึ้นในเวลาอันสั้น şaşkınlık 慌張 метушня; замішання کھلبلی، اضطراب sự bối rối; sự náo loạn 慌张