Meaning of "flurry" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLURRY

From obsolete flurr to scatter, perhaps formed on analogy with hurry.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FLURRY

flurry  [ˈflʌrɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLURRY

Flurry is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb flurry in English.

WHAT DOES FLURRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of flurry in the English dictionary

The first definition of flurry in the dictionary is a sudden commotion or burst of activity. Other definition of flurry is a light gust of wind or rain or fall of snow. Flurry is also a sudden brief increase in trading or fluctuation in stock prices.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLURRY

PRESENT

Present

I flurry

you flurry

he/she/it flurries

we flurry

you flurry

they flurry

Present continuous

I am flurrying

you are flurrying

he/she/it is flurrying

we are flurrying

you are flurrying

they are flurrying

Present perfect

I have flurried

you have flurried

he/she/it has flurried

we have flurried

you have flurried

they have flurried

Present perfect continuous

I have been flurrying

you have been flurrying

he/she/it has been flurrying

we have been flurrying

you have been flurrying

they have been flurrying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I flurried

you flurried

he/she/it flurried

we flurried

you flurried

they flurried

Past continuous

I was flurrying

you were flurrying

he/she/it was flurrying

we were flurrying

you were flurrying

they were flurrying

Past perfect

I had flurried

you had flurried

he/she/it had flurried

we had flurried

you had flurried

they had flurried

Past perfect continuous

I had been flurrying

you had been flurrying

he/she/it had been flurrying

we had been flurrying

you had been flurrying

they had been flurrying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will flurry

you will flurry

he/she/it will flurry

we will flurry

you will flurry

they will flurry

Future continuous

I will be flurrying

you will be flurrying

he/she/it will be flurrying

we will be flurrying

you will be flurrying

they will be flurrying

Future perfect

I will have flurried

you will have flurried

he/she/it will have flurried

we will have flurried

you will have flurried

they will have flurried

Future perfect continuous

I will have been flurrying

you will have been flurrying

he/she/it will have been flurrying

we will have been flurrying

you will have been flurrying

they will have been flurrying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would flurry

you would flurry

he/she/it would flurry

we would flurry

you would flurry

they would flurry

Conditional continuous

I would be flurrying

you would be flurrying

he/she/it would be flurrying

we would be flurrying

you would be flurrying

they would be flurrying

Conditional perfect

I would have flurry

you would have flurry

he/she/it would have flurry

we would have flurry

you would have flurry

they would have flurry

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been flurrying

you would have been flurrying

he/she/it would have been flurrying

we would have been flurrying

you would have been flurrying

they would have been flurrying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you flurry
we let´s flurry
you flurry

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to flurry

Past participle

flurried

Present Participle

flurrying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FLURRY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flurry» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of flurry

ado · agitate · agitation · bewilder · bother · bout · burst · bustle · commotion · confuse · disconcert · disturb · disturbance · excitement · faze · ferment · flap · fluster · flutter · furore · fuss · gale · gust · hassle · hurry · hustle · outbreak · rattle · ruffle · shower · spell · spurt · squall · stir · storm · swirl · to-do · tumult · unnerve · unsettle · upset · whirl

TRANSLATION OF FLURRY

Find out the translation of flurry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of flurry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flurry» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 一段短暂的紧张期
• Translator English - Spanish: trajín
• English: flurry
• Translator English - Hindi: बाढ़
• Translator English - Arabic: موجة
• Translator English - Russian: шквал
• Translator English - Portuguese: lufada
• Translator English - Bengali: বিক্ষোভ
• Translator English - French: débordement
• Translator English - Malay: Tergesa-gesa
• Translator English - German: Flut
• Translator English - Japanese: 慌ただしさ
• Translator English - Korean: 한차례의 동요
• Translator English - Javanese: Sumelang
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự bân khuân
• Translator English - Tamil: விதிமுறைகளை
• Translator English - Marathi: गोंधळ
• Translator English - Turkish: telaş
• Translator English - Italian: fermento
• Translator English - Polish: Flurry
• Translator English - Ukrainian: шквал
• Translator English - Romanian: rafală
• Translator English - Greek: αναταραχή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vlaag
• Translator English - Swedish: skurarna
• Translator English - Norwegian: kave

3 QUOTES WITH «FLURRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flurry.

1

Jonathan Ames

No, I'm not very productive at all. I'm probably like an animal. I mean, great animals in the ocean feed all the time. I'm someone who procrastinates, worries, for most of a month, and then I'll have a flurry of manic productivity with a sense of great urgency and fear for, like, two days.

2

Christine Lagarde

I'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than, you know, the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans that are used during political campaigns.

3

Anthony Quinn

I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLURRY»

Discover the use of flurry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flurry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Chuck Jones: A Flurry of Drawings

Describes the works of a director of Warner Brothers animated cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s, and explains how his sense of humor shaped the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and other familiar characters "A comic ...

Hugh Kenner, 1994

Flurry the Family Plant

"Flurry the Family Plant" is based on true events that took place in the lives of my two sons and I while they were growing up.

Donna Walton, 2012

Getting Started with Flurry Analytics

This book is great for developers who want to track their applications instantly using Flurry analytics and who are looking to get a good grounding in how to use Flurry for analytics in their application.

Bhanu Birani, 2013

A Flurry of Furry

The. Big. Dog. on. Campus. Trenton shifted uncomfortably from one side to another, his big, scaled tail clinging nervously to his thin jeans and Rockoons hoodie. The autumn breeze rustled his headfur and sent a shiver down his spine.

A Flurry of Furry, 2013

Annual Year Book - United States Trotting Association

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United States Trotting Association, 1913

Convertible night, flurry of stones: poems

The clear voice in this book joins those whose lives have been and continue to be altered by this disease.

Dzvinia Orlowsky, 2008

Ezra and Nehemiah: Building God's temple

The prophets Haggai and Zechariah make that clear in their prophecies concerning the temple. This booklet reveals the heavy prophetic flavor contained within the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

Gerald Flurry, Dennis Leap, Philadelphia Church of God, 2013

Better Late Than Never: A Comedy. In Five Acts

Ms. Flurry. He raves,-will you hear me, Mr. Flurry.(very loud) _ Flurry. Oh I dear, my wife's voice-She's so boisterous. Will you never consider my poor nerves.-Fm already in a. gallopping consumptionffl-Wherek my Sal Volatile. . MrLF/urry.

Miles Peter Andrews, Frederick Reynolds, 1790

Lamentations: The Point of No Return

Lamentations was a warning to ancient Judah that it had reached the point of no return.

Gerald Flurry, Philadelphia Church of God, 2013

Gröbner Bases, Coding, and Cryptography

FLURRY and CURRY are two families of experimental block ciphers specifically designed to investigate algebraic attacks. The FLURRY family consists of Feistel networks while the ciphers in the CURRY family are SP-Networks. An instance ...

Massimiliano Sala, Teo Mora, Ludovic Perret, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLURRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flurry is used in the context of the following news items.

Ullrich: Flag flurry a sign of big problems - The Province

The music and locker-room enthusiasm was too loud after the game, so Adam Bighill had to raise his voice to make a point. It seems as though ... «The Province, Jul 15»

Amid flurry of diplomacy with Iran, the White House waits - San …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The final days of the high-stakes Iranian nuclear negotiations have been filled with a flurry of diplomatic wrangling and ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»

Batavia's Windmill City Festival a flurry of family fun - DailyHerald.com

The Windmill City Festival in Batavia on Saturday was a nonstop flurry of activity -- from the pet parade to the diaper derby, carnival, golf, Wiffle ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»

Nationals Pastime: Difo up, Barrett back, Span to DL in flurry of …

BALTIMORE - The Nationals made a flurry of roster moves ahead of the final series of the first half, the first of two interleague series against the ... «MASNsports.com, Jul 15»

$1M renovation project continues flurry of activity at UDRI - Dayton …

This project will likely help UDRI be more efficient when it comes to aerospace-related research, which already is fueling a flurry of activity there ... «Dayton Business Journal, Jul 15»

Flurry of calls to fire service over bonfire

Eight people made 999 calls to the fire service over a blaze which turned out to be a controlled fire in a lorry park. Firefighters were called to ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»

Sen. Kathleen Vinehout: A flurry of new policy slipped in Wisconsin …

2015-07-10T04:30:00Z Sen. Kathleen Vinehout: A flurry of new policy slipped in Wisconsin budgetSEN. KATHLEEN VINEHOUT | Democratic member, ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»

Amid flurry of diplomacy with Iran, the White House waits …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The final days of the high-stakes Iranian nuclear negotiations have been filled with a flurry of diplomatic wrangling and ... «Bristol Herald Courier, Jul 15»

A flurry of activity at Manchester-Boston

While I typically write about tenant representation or investment real estate, I'm going to dedicate this column to another market I cover, the ... «New Hampshire Business Review, Jul 15»

First Word: Dearth of female candidates, Strickland to file, petition …

First Word: Dearth of female candidates, Strickland to file, petition flurry, county quarrel. Kyle Veazey. 8:00 AM, Jul 9, 2015. June 13, 2015 - (center) Janis ... «Memphis Commercial Appeal, Jul 15»