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    flurry

    noun
    noun
    BrE BrE//ˈflʌri//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈflɜːri//
    (pl. flurries) Snow and ice
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  1. 1[usually singular] an occasion when there is a lot of activity, interest, excitement, etc. within a short period of time a sudden flurry of activity Her arrival caused a flurry of excitement. A flurry of shots rang out in the darkness. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivebrief, sudden, initial, … prepositionflurry of phrasesa flurry of activity, a flurry of excitement See full entry
  2. 2a small amount of snow, rain, etc. that falls for a short time and then stops snow flurries flurries of snow Wordfindersnowavalanche, blizzard, drift, flurry, hail, icicle, sleet, slush, snow, thaw Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivesnow phrasesa flurry of snow See full entry See related entries: Snow and ice
  3. 3a sudden short movement of paper or cloth, especially clothes The ladies departed in a flurry of silks and satins.
    4.  Word Originlate 17th cent.: from obsolete flurr ‘fly up, flutter, whirr’ (imitative), probably influenced by hurry.
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