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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Flurry

/flẽr'-ē/ · Flur·ry · IPA /ˈflʌ.ɹi/
01 n. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.
pl. Flurries ((#))
  1. 1.
    A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.
  2. 2.
    A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind.
    “Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind.” Longfellow.
  3. 3.
    Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.
    “The racket and flurry of London.” — Blakw. Mag.
  4. 4.
    The violent spasms of a dying whale.
02 v. t. To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm.
imp. & p. p. Flurried; p. pr. & vb. n. Flurrying
  1. 1.
    To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm.