flurry
Meaning of flurry
noun
- a small swirling mass of something, especially snow or leaves, moved by sudden gusts of wind.
a flurry of snow
- (especially of snow or leaves) be moved in small swirling masses by sudden gusts of wind.
gusts of snow flurried through the door
late 17th century: from obsolete flurr ‘fly up, flutter, whirr’ (imitative), probably influenced by hurry.
Information about flurry
- The plural form of flurry is: flurries.
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Hyphenation of flurry
flurry
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- flurry is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
flurry synonyms
Meaning bustle:
bustle, hustle, ado, fuss, stir
Meaning confuse:
Meaning a quantity of something moving in a twisting or spiralling pattern:
Meaning a rapid movement round and round:
Meaning a circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool:
Meaning a large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam:
Meaning a brief and usually light fall of rain, hail, sleet, or snow:
Meaning a sudden strong rush of wind:
Meaning a sudden flow or flood:
Meaning an instance of breaking or splitting as a result of internal pressure or puncturing; an explosion:
Meaning a very strong wind:
Meaning a sudden violent gust of wind or localized storm, especially one bringing rain, snow, or sleet:
Meaning a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow:
Meaning blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives:
Meaning (of wind) move creating an air current:
Meaning cause (someone) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach:
Meaning shake (milk or cream) in a machine in order to produce butter:
Meaning move with a hissing or rushing sound:
Meaning turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly:
Meaning form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape:
Meaning gush out in a sudden and forceful stream:
Meaning (of a crowd or a natural force) move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward:
Meaning (of a liquid) boil or be turbulent as if boiling:
Meaning (of liquid, air, gas, etc.) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction:
Meaning (of a liquid, gas, or electricity) move steadily and continuously in a current or stream:
Meaning breathe in repeated short gasps:
Meaning cause (a liquid) to be ejected from a small opening in a thin, fast stream or jet:
Meaning (with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour:
Translation of flurry
Words that rhyme with flurry
burry, Curry, becurry, curry, scurry, durry, furry, gurry, dhurry, ghurry, hurry, overhurry, skurry, blurry, lurry, slurry, McMurry, Murry, murry, smurry, knurry, nurry, purry, spurry, Surry
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