flurry (of wind)

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• Flurry — Flur ry, n.; pl. {Flurries}. [Prov. E. flur to ruffle.] 1. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind. [1913 Webster] 2. A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind. [1913 Webster] Like a flurry of snow …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Flurry — may refer to:* , a sudden shower or snowfall with a gust of wind * Flurry, a Mac OS X screensaver * Flurry, a Super Mario series enemy character …   Wikipedia

• wind — [n1] air currents air, blast, blow, breath, breeze, chinook, cyclone, draft, draught, flurry, flutter, gale, gust, mistral, puff, tempest, typhoon, wafting, whiff, whirlwind, whisk, zephyr; concept 524 wind [n2] warning, report babble, clue, cue …   New thesaurus

• flurry — ► NOUN (pl. flurries) 1) a small swirling mass of snow, leaves, etc. moved by a sudden gust of wind. 2) a sudden short spell of commotion or excitement. 3) a number of things arriving suddenly and simultaneously. ► VERB (flurries, flurried) ▪ …   English terms dictionary

• flurry — [flʉr′ē] n. pl. flurries [< obs. flurr, to scatter (? echoic), prob. after HURRY ] ☆ 1. a sudden, brief rush of wind; gust ☆ 2. a gust of rain or snow 3. a sudden confusion or commotion ☆ 4. a brief fluctuation in stock market prices or… …   English World dictionary

• wind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. twist, [en]twine; coil, curl, spiral; bandage, loop; enfold, in fold; wreathe, roll; crank, reel; sinuate, meander, wander. See convulsion, deviation, rotation. n. See wind. II Current of air Nouns… …   English dictionary for students

• wind — I n 1. air, breeze, zephyr, stream of air, current of air, draft; puff, breath of air, wiffet, sough; inflow, indraft, inspiration, inrush; waft, gentle wind, light air, sea breeze, Naut. cat s paw. 2. gust, blast, squall, gale, flurry, flaw,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• flurry — flur|ry [ˈflʌri US ˈflə:ri] n plural flurries [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from flurr to scatter (17 19 centuries) + hurry] 1.) [singular] a time when there is suddenly a lot of activity and people are very busy flurry of ▪ After a quiet… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• flurry — flurriedly, adv. /flerr ee, flur ee/, n., pl. flurries, v., flurried, flurrying. n. 1. a light, brief shower of snow. 2. sudden commotion, excitement, or confusion; nervous hurry: There was a flurry of activity before the guests arrived. 3. Stock …   Universalium

• wind — wind1 n. /wind/, Literary /wuynd/; v. /wind/, n. 1. air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth s surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast. 2. a gale; storm; hurricane. 3. any …   Universalium

• flurry — 1. noun /ˈflʌɹi/ a) A brief snowfall. The day before the wedding was a flurry of preparations. b) A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind …   Wiktionary