Other forms: flurries
A flurry is a brief light fall of snow blown about by wind. A snow flurry, flurries expected, caught in a flurry.
It is short and light and the wind is part of it — a flurry blows about rather than settling. Figuratively it means a short burst of activity: a flurry of emails, a flurry of interest. Note that the word is probably an American blend of flutter and hurry, which is exactly what a flurry looks like.
1nounflurryA brief light fall of snow blown about by wind.
“A flurry of snow swirled past the window, then the sun came out again.”
2nounshortA short burst of activity.
“There was a flurry of excitement when the famous singer walked into the café.”
flurry is a brief burst.
Flurry is probably an American blend of flutter and hurry, or from an old word flurr, to scatter.
Built from
Perhaps an American English blend of flutter and hurry. Alternatively, perhaps from an obsolete term flurr (“scatter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Weather & Seasons