Definitions for flurries

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flurries flur·ry

Spelling: [flur-ee, fluhr-ee]

IPA: /ˈflɜr i, ˈflʌr i/

Flurries is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 201 anagrams from letters in flurries (efilrrsu).

Definitions for flurries

noun

1. a light, brief shower of snow.
2. sudden commotion, excitement, or confusion; nervous hurry:
3. Stock Exchange. a brief rise or fall in prices. a brief, unusually heavy period of trading.
4. a sudden gust of wind.

verb (used with object)

1. to put (a person) into a flurry; confuse; fluster.

verb (used without object)

1. (of snow) to fall or be blown in a flurry.
2. to move in an excited or agitated manner.

Origin of flurries

1680-90, Americanism; blend of flutter and hurry

Examples for flurries

Then he broke into a run and sped through the flurries toward his dead.

A raw wind was blowing, and the first flurries of snow were whitening the hilltops.

Both of you, my dear, I hope, after the first flurries are over.

Dim through the flurries they made out the outline of the bear.

Despite near zero temperatures and flurries of snow and rain, the turnout was 92% from an electorate of 1,650.

The evening fell rather threatening, with flurries of wind and rain.

The days are short with an icy, gray mist from the Dnieper, and flurries of snow.

In defining the trend, shifts, cross-currents, and flurries are not considered.

For the flurries blown by the gale had all the appearance of a continuing blizzard.

It was a day marked with fierce winds and flurries of snow, like a day in March.