flurry
f lu ree
- n a rapid active commotion
- n a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)
there was a flurry of chicken feathers - v move in an agitated or confused manner
- v cause to feel embarrassment
- While Prohibition was passing its second milestone within two weeks at Chicago, Wall Street experienced a flurry in the shares of companies most likely to be benefited by a .
- She returned to France to disprove rumors that her unwillingness to train hard had been behind her flurry of disappointing performances.
- A flurry of new research is shedding light on people's tendency--when presented with a known object and an unknown one--to assign more value to the thing they've heard of, even if .