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flur·ry

(flûr′ē, flŭr′ē)

n. pl. flur·ries

1. A brief, light snowfall.

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.

[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. (Stock Exchange) stock exchange a sudden brief increase in trading or fluctuation in stock prices

4. (Fishing) the death spasms of a harpooned whale

vb, -ries, -rying or -ried

to confuse or bewilder or be confused or bewildered

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

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flur•ry

(ˈflɜr i, ˈflʌr i)

n., pl. -ries, n.

1. a light, brief shower of snow.

2. sudden commotion, excitement, confusion, or nervous hurry: a flurry of activity before the party.

3. a brief rise or fall in prices or a brief period of heavy trading on the stock exchange.

4. a sudden gust of wind.

v.t.

5. to make confused or agitated; fluster.

v.i.

6. (of snow) to fall or be blown in a flurry.

7. to move in an excited or agitated manner.

[1680–90; b. flutter and hurry]

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.

flurry

Past participle: flurried
Gerund: flurrying

Imperative
flurry
flurry

Present
I flurry
you flurry
he/she/it flurries
we flurry
you flurry
they flurry

Preterite
I flurried
you flurried
he/she/it flurried
we flurried
you flurried
they flurried

Present Continuous
I am flurrying
you are flurrying
he/she/it is flurrying
we are flurrying
you are flurrying
they are flurrying

Present Perfect
I have flurried
you have flurried
he/she/it has flurried
we have flurried
you have flurried
they have flurried

Past Continuous
I was flurrying
you were flurrying
he/she/it was flurrying
we were flurrying
you were flurrying
they were flurrying

Past Perfect
I had flurried
you had flurried
he/she/it had flurried
we had flurried
you had flurried
they had flurried

Future
I will flurry
you will flurry
he/she/it will flurry
we will flurry
you will flurry
they will flurry

Future Perfect
I will have flurried
you will have flurried
he/she/it will have flurried
we will have flurried
you will have flurried
they will have flurried

Future Continuous
I will be flurrying
you will be flurrying
he/she/it will be flurrying
we will be flurrying
you will be flurrying
they will be flurrying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been flurrying
you have been flurrying
he/she/it has been flurrying
we have been flurrying
you have been flurrying
they have been flurrying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been flurrying
you will have been flurrying
he/she/it will have been flurrying
we will have been flurrying
you will have been flurrying
they will have been flurrying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been flurrying
you had been flurrying
he/she/it had been flurrying
we had been flurrying
you had been flurrying
they had been flurrying

Conditional
I would flurry
you would flurry
he/she/it would flurry
we would flurry
you would flurry
they would flurry

Past Conditional
I would have flurried
you would have flurried
he/she/it would have flurried
we would have flurried
you would have flurried
they would have flurried

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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

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.

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flurry

noun

Agitated, excited movement and activity:

bustle, stir, whirl, whirlpool.

verb

To impair or destroy the composure of:

agitate, bother, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, fluster, perturb, rock, ruffle, shake (up), toss, unsettle, upset.

Informal: rattle.

Translations

إهْتِياج، إضْطِرابهَبَّة ريح فُجائِيَّه

poryvrozčilenírozrušenízávan

hektisk aktivitetsnebygeurovindkast

Aufregung Stoß Unruhe Windstoß

émoi rafale

hózápor

hviîauppnám

agitazione eccitazione folata folata di vento inquietare

lengvas sniegelis

brazmanemierssatraukumssniegelis

bewegen in verlegenheid brengen oproeren opwellingsneeuwbui

hektisk aktivitet snøbyge

kar serpintisisağanak şaşkınlık

慌张阵风

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flurry

[ˈflʌri] n

[snow] → rafale f

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

flurry

(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

flurry

(ˈflari) , ((American) ˈflə:ri) – plural ˈflurries – noun

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.

2. a confusion. She was in a flurry.

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In his alarm and flurry, he threw the wood here and there about the floor, called and searched, but no cook was to be found.

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And now it is struck; for, starting from his trance into that unspeakable thing called his flurry, the monster horribly wallowed in his blood, over-wrapped himself in impenetrable, mad, boiling spray, so that the imperilled craft, instantly dropping astern, had much ado blindly to struggle out from that phrensied twilight into the clear air of the day.

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Now, Dolly had from her childhood associated with this gentleman the idea of something grim and ghostly, and being at the moment conscience-stricken besides, the sight of him threw her into such a flurry that she could neither acknowledge his presence nor run away, so she gave a great start, and then with downcast eyes stood still and trembled.

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The agonized whale goes into his flurry; the tow-line is slackened, and the pitchpoler dropping astern, folds his hands, and mutely watches the monster die.

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Both Unwin and Harrison represented big banking corporations, and Daylight knew that if the house of Grimshaw and Hodgkins went it would precipitate a number of failures and start a flurry of serious dimensions.

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Grose; the rigor with which I kept my pupils in sight making it often difficult to meet her privately, and the more as we each felt the importance of not provoking--on the part of the servants quite as much as on that of the children--any suspicion of a secret flurry or that of a discussion of mysteries.

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You may hurry and scurry, And flurry and worry, You've lost them forever, Forever and aye."

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If none of the little pieces were wise enough to save themselves from the flurry of death at such a time, why, then, where would be the army?

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"Five thousand-six, six thousand eight hundred"--the dip-dial reads ere we find the easterly drift, heralded by a flurry of snow at the thousand fathom level.

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Every little while flurries like this occurred, each flurry culminating in the revolver shot that put an end to it.

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'You must not flurry yourself, Mary Ann,' interposed Mrs.

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Jo's upset the cake again!" caused a momentary flurry, which was hardly over when a flock of cousins arrived, and `the party came in', as Beth used to say when a child.