flurry English

Meaning flurry meaning

What does flurry mean?

flurry

— noun (= bustle) a rapid active commotion

— verb move in an agitated or confused manner

— noun 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

— verb (= confuse) cause to feel embarrassment The constant attention of the young man confused her

Synonyms flurry synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as flurry?

flurry English » English

confusion

agitation

gust

fluster

bustle

stir

fuss

excitement

commotion

ruffle

disconcert

confuse

welter

turmoil

squall

snow flurry

shower

ruction

restlessness

put off

pother

perturbation

hustle

flutter

disturbance

disruption

ado

whiff

warn

upset

uproar

upheaval

uneasiness

turbulence

turbulance

trouble

trepidation

touch

topsy-turvyness

topsy-turvydom

surprise

spree

spot

snowflake

snort

shock

scurry

scrimmage

rush

rumpus

Topics flurry topics

What do people use flurry to talk about?

Universe, creation Sky Weather

Wind

• What words describe a wind that only lasts a short time?
  breath of air puff of wind gust blast flurry

Universe, creation Sky Weather

Snow, ice

• What words refer to different kinds of snow?
  snow (n) sleet sleety hail hailstorm snowstorm ice storm blizzard snow flurry

Examples flurry examples

How do I use flurry in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Everyone hoped for a snow flurry for Christmas.

Movie subtitles

Well, the boom we're gonna have after this one'll make the last look like a mild flurry.

Why shouldn't he enjoy a little flurry?

Little flurry?

Well, you've succeeded in creating quite a little flurry with your birds.

Here's a flurry in a hurry!

In the flurry of excitement following his acquittal Walker received an invitation from that famous captain of industry Cornelius Vanderbilt considered by some to be the richest and most powerful man in the world.

Amid a flurry of accusations and counter-accusations by the nations representing the Machine Consortium the President has ordered a special inquiry.

Is just a flurry, It's totally clear up ahead.

After hours of little action, we've seen a flurry of activity on the 20th floor of the building.

Well, my system's been a flurry of activity.

Is single life in New York such a flurry of fun and friends that settling down fills us with the urge to shake things up again?

In addition to all the magazines that hit the newsstands and the supermarket checkouts, there was a flurry of book releases that hit the local bookstores, and in some cases the book section of your local grocery store.

When the multi-nationals publish their annual reports, there's a flurry of activity.

At this stage, we're now seeing a flurry of contestants retiring!

It's just a flurry.

I sent you the telegram in a flurry of panic.

Clark responds with a flurry!

Randy got off to a bad start. I think Tony Jones surprised him with that flurry of jabs at the bell.

Just a flurry.

My system's been a flurry of activity.

Some years ago when I got engaged to be married, a whole flurry of letters started.

Lt Kefir took a Star Flurry for a drunken joyride last night.

This flurry of activity was lost on the women of Wisteria Lane.

The flurry of the frightened, the shuffle of sycophants?

The house, which seemed to have slept during the past weeks, awoke to a flurry of activity and Brideshead, Sebastian's elder brother, came down to preside.

Some years ago when I go engaged to be married a whole flurry of letters started.

But a flurry of propaganda films now exaggerated it's dangers.

Another big flurry by Griffin.

A big flurry by Braddock.

We have an immense flurry of action here.

This was a major step forward in the struggle for racial justice. and helped begin a flurry of bold and heroic actions known as. the Civil Rights Movement.

A large flurry of money is causing a panic in Lower Manhattan.

Hey, what's allthe flurry about?

We met in a flurry of smoking ash, burnt-out cars, people freaking out, but for a moment there, it felt like everything disappeared except us.

News and current affairs

In a flurry of media and security, they confronted Carla Del Ponte, chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague.

NEW HAVEN - North Korea's launch of a long-range missile in mid-December was followed by a flurry of global condemnation that was almost comical in its predictability and impotence.

A flurry of investigations will now try to figure out what went disastrously awry at Abu Ghraib.

But, despite a flurry of early initiatives, the world remains as far from that goal as ever.

There was a flurry of press coverage when the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland was turned on, and again when it was shut down by a technical problem shortly afterwards.

BEIJING - After a spring of heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula, a flurry of diplomatic activity in recent weeks has brought some hope of a meeting of the minds, at least between China, South Korea, and the United States.

The way forward to sustained growth and employment is not through a flurry of one-off national initiatives, but rather through global policy coordination.

But this latest dispute is characteristic of a remarkable flurry of anti-Japanese activity in China since 2003.