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Definitions for Flurry

[1] a light, brief shower of snow.
[2] sudden commotion, excitement, or confusion; nervous hurry: There was a flurry of activity before the guests arrived.
[3] Stock Exchange . a brief rise or fall in prices. a brief, unusually heavy period of trading.
[4] a sudden gust of wind.
[5] to put (a person) into a flurry; confuse; fluster.
[6] (of snow) to fall or be blown in a flurry.
[7] to move in an excited or agitated manner.
[8] a sudden commotion or burst of activity
[9] a light gust of wind or rain or fall of snow
[10] stock exchange a sudden brief increase in trading or fluctuation in stock prices
[11] the death spasms of a harpooned whale
[12] to confuse or bewilder or be confused or bewildered

Words related to Flurry

whirl, turmoil, squall, outbreak, spurt, furor, whirlwind, agitation, flaw, flap, disturbance, ferment, ado, stir, pother, to-do, fuss, confusion, spell, bustle

Words nearby Flurry

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Origin of Flurry

1680–90, Americanism ; blend of flutter and hurry

Other words from Flurry

flur·ried·ly , adverb

Word origin for Flurry

C17: from obsolete flurr to scatter, perhaps formed on analogy with hurry

Synonyms for Flurry

furor, outbreak, spurt, squall, turmoil, whirl, whirlwind, ado, agitation, brouhaha, bustle, confusion, disturbance, excitement, ferment, flap, flaw, fluster, flutter, fuss, gust, haste, hurry, pother, spell, stir, to-do, tumult, turbulence