FLURRY (flurried)

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Irregular inflected form: flurried   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does flurry mean? 

• FLURRY (noun)
  The noun FLURRY has 2 senses:

1. a rapid active commotion

2. a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)

  Familiarity information: FLURRY used as a noun is rare.

• FLURRY (verb)
  The verb FLURRY has 2 senses:

1. move in an agitated or confused manner

2. cause to feel embarrassment

  Familiarity information: FLURRY used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLURRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rapid active commotion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ado; bustle; flurry; fuss; hustle; stir

Hypernyms ("flurry" is a kind of...):

commotion; din; ruckus; ruction; rumpus; tumult (the act of making a noisy disturbance)

Derivation:

flurry (move in an agitated or confused manner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

flurry; snow flurry

Context example:

there was a flurry of chicken feathers

Hypernyms ("flurry" is a kind of...):

snow; snowfall (precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals)

• FLURRY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they flurry    ... he / she / it flurries   
Past simple: flurried   
Past participle: flurried   
-ing form: flurrying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move in an agitated or confused manner

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "flurry" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

flurry (a rapid active commotion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to feel embarrassment

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

confuse; disconcert; flurry; put off

Context example:

The constant attention of the young man confused her

Hypernyms (to "flurry" is one way to...):

abash; embarrass (cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious)

Verb group:

bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flurry"):

fluster (cause to be nervous or upset)

bother (make confused or perplexed or puzzled)

deflect; distract (draw someone's attention away from something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The bad news will flurry him
The good news will flurry her

 Context examples 

At the Kings' today I found everybody in a flurry, and one of the children said that her oldest brother had done something dreadful, and Papa had sent him away.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

You may guess, dear Miss Woodhouse, what a flurry it has thrown me in!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

However, there were times when there were pauses between the snow flurries and I could see a long way round.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A blast of wind and flurry of snow came in with him.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

But some amazing experience had disturbed his native composure and left its traces in his bristling hair, his flushed, angry cheeks, and his flurried, excited manner.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I missed the beast in my flurry, but he dropped you all right and was off like a streak.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was a great snarling and growling, a clashing of teeth and a flurry of bodies.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Presently he emerged, looking even more flurried than before.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In his alarm and flurry, he threw the wood here and there about the floor, called and searched, but no cook was to be found.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

As to the stick, Mr. Holmes, you know as well as I do that a criminal is often flurried, and does such things, which a cool man would avoid.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)