flurry
noun/ˈflʌri/
/ˈflɜːri/
(plural flurries)
- [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
- in a flurry (of something) They arrived in a flurry of excitement.
- A flurry of shots rang out in the darkness.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- sudden
- initial
- …
- flurry of
- a flurry of activity
- a flurry of excitement
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- a small amount of snow, rain, etc. that falls for a short time and then stops
- snow flurries
- flurries of snow
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- snow
- a flurry of snow
- a sudden short movement of paper or cloth, especially clothes
- in a flurry (of something) The ladies departed in a flurry of silks and satins.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from obsolete flurr ‘fly up, flutter, whirr’ (imitative), probably influenced by hurry.
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