Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: flurry
IPA transcription: [fl'ɝi]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
    Meaning: a rapid active commotion
  • Synonyms: flurry, snow_flurry
    Meaning: a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that); "he had to close the window against the flurries"; "there was a flurry of chicken feathers"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: flurry
    Meaning: move in an agitated or confused manner
Usage examples
  • 'You must not flurry yourself, Mary Ann,' interposed Mrs. Cluppins.
  • He had seen a good deal of flurry and haste in her movement as she changed her attitude.
  • Messages are abruptly cut off, sparks leap from the telegraph instruments, and the entire earth seems to have been thrown into a magnetic flurry.
  • A swallow flew into the schoolhouse at this moment as if a kingbird were after it, and beat itself against the walls for a minute, and escaped again to the open air; but Captain Littlepage took no notice whatever of the flurry.