Meaning

A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow..

Definitions by Sense

1. A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow.
2. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
3. A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
4. (figurative) Any sudden activity; a stir.
5. A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc.
6. The violent spasms of a dying whale.
7. An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers, happening suddenly or in a short period of time.
8. (transitive) To agitate, bewilder, fluster.

Example Sentences

a flurry of wind

When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform.

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.

"I missed the beast in my flurry, but he dropped you all right and was off like a streak."

With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.

Word Forms

• flurries
• flurrying
• flurried

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