FLURRY

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.

2.
n.

A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind. Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind. Longfellow.

3.
n.

Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry. The racket and flurry of London. Blakw. Mag.

4.
n.

The violent spasms of a dying whale.

5.
v.

To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. H. Swinburne.


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