flurry

UK: /ˈflʌri/ US: /ˈflɜri, ˈflʌri/ ,(flûr′ē, flur′ē)

Inflections of 'flurry' (n): npl: flurries

Inflections of 'flurry' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

flurries

v 3rd person singular

flurrying

v pres p

flurried

v past

flurried

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

flur•ry /ˈflɜri, ˈflʌri/   n., pl. -ries, v., -ried, -ry•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. Meteorology a brief shower of snow.
2. sudden commotion, excitement, or activity:
   [usually singular] a flurry of activity.
3. a gust of wind.

v. 

4. to make confused or nervous;
   fluster:
   [~ + object] Don't be flurried by the noise.
5. Meteorology, (of snow) to fall or be blown in a flurry:
   [it + ~  *  no object] It flurried all night.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

flur•ry  (flûr′ē, flur′ē), n., pl. -ries, v., -ried, -ry•ing. 
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 Exchange.]
   • a brief rise or fall in prices.
   • a brief, unusually heavy period of trading.
4. a sudden gust of wind.

v.t. 

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

v.i. 

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

• blend of, blended flutter and hurry 1680–90, American.

flur′ried•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 2. upset, pother, stir, to-do, fuss, fluster, ado.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

flurry / ˈflʌrɪ/ noun ( -ries)

1. a sudden commotion or burst of activity
2. a light gust of wind or rain or fall of snow

verb ( -ries, -rying, -ried)

1. to confuse or bewilder or be confused or bewildered

Etymology: 17th Century: from obsolete flurr to scatter, perhaps formed on analogy with hurry