name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
flurry
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈflʌ.ɹi/
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UK: /ˈflʊ.ɹi/
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US: /ˈflʌ.ɹi/
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US: /ˈflɝ.i/
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Australian: /ˈflɐ.ɹi/
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rhymes with -ʌɹi
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rhymes with -ʊəɹi
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CMU ARPABET: F L ER1 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a flurry of wind
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
Any sudden activity; a stir.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments” These [argument structure] modifications are important because they have provoked a flurry of investigation into argument structure operations of merger, demotion etc.
- The day before the wedding was a flurry of preparations.
- a flurry of excitement.
- a flurry of speculation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sprint
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
The violent spasms of a dying whale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers, happening suddenly or in a short period of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The fencer landed a flurry of hits on her opponent.
- The think piece provoked a flurry of media responses for the remainder of the week.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: volley, barrage
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To agitate, bewilder, fluster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To move or fall in a flurry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
a rapid active commotion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bustle, hustle, ado, fuss, stir
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult
noun
Meaning 12
a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he had to close the window against the flurries
- there was a flurry of chicken feathers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snow flurry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: snow, snowfall
verb
Meaning 13
cause to feel embarrassment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: confuse, disconcert, put off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: embarrass, abash
Narrower terms: fluster, bother, distract, deflect
verb
Meaning 14
move in an agitated or confused manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
History
Etymology
Perhaps an American English blend of flutter and hurry. Alternatively, perhaps from an obsolete term flurr (“scatter”).
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: вихрушка (vihruška) — brief snowfall
- Catalan: xàfec de neu — brief snowfall
- Czech: přeháňka (sněhová) — brief snowfall
- Dutch: sneeuwbui — brief snowfall
- Finnish: lumikuuro — brief snowfall
- German: (leichter) Schneefall — brief snowfall
- German: (kurzer) Schneeschauer — brief snowfall
- Hungarian: hózápor — brief snowfall
- Italian: spruzzata di neve — brief snowfall
- Italian: nevischio — brief snowfall
- Māori: tarahī huka — brief snowfall
- Navajo: chííl ahisááł — brief snowfall
- Navajo: yas ahisááł — brief snowfall
- Occitan: nevatada — brief snowfall
- Pashto: سيلۍ — brief snowfall
- Polish: krótki opad — brief snowfall
- Portuguese: nevezinha — brief snowfall
- Russian: снегопа́д (snegopád) — brief snowfall
- Spanish: ráfaga — brief snowfall
- Swedish: snöby — brief snowfall
- Catalan: ràfega — sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze
- Czech: poryv — sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze
- Czech: závan — sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze
- Faroese: vindblak — sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze
- Finnish: puuska — sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze
- German: Windstoß — sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze
- German: Bö — sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze
- Irish: cuaifeach — sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze
- Finnish: pyörre — shower of dust, leaves, ...
- Italian: folata — shower of dust, leaves, ...
- Polish: tuman — shower of dust, leaves, ...
- Portuguese: lufada — shower of dust, leaves, ...
- Russian: шквал (škval) — shower of dust, leaves, ...
- Russian: листопа́д (listopád) — shower of dust, leaves, ...
- Bulgarian: порив (poriv) — sudden activity
- Czech: příval — sudden activity
- Czech: vlna — sudden activity
- Czech: nápor — sudden activity
- Dutch: werveling — sudden activity
- Dutch: opwelling — sudden activity
- Finnish: mylläkkä — sudden activity
- Finnish: hullunmylly — sudden activity
- Finnish: puuska — sudden activity
- German: geschäftiges Hin und Her — sudden activity
- German: aufgeregtes Durcheinander — sudden activity
- German: hektisches Treiben — sudden activity
- Irish: fuadar — sudden activity
- Italian: agitazione — sudden activity
- Māori: pōnānātanga — sudden activity
- Romanian: freamăt — sudden activity
- Russian: суета́ (sujetá) — sudden activity
- Russian: сумато́ха (sumatóxa) — sudden activity
- Spanish: frenesí — sudden activity
- Spanish: aluvión — sudden activity
- Spanish: chaparrón — sudden activity
- Swedish: virrvarr — sudden activity
- Dutch: oproeren — agitate
- Dutch: bewegen — agitate
- Dutch: wervelen — agitate
- Italian: innervosire — agitate
- Russian: будора́жить (budorážitʹ) — agitate
- Russian: взбудора́жить (vzbudorážitʹ) — agitate
- Dutch: wervelen — move in a flurry
- Russian: суети́ться (sujetítʹsja) — move in a flurry