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flurry
Overview of noun flurry
The noun flurry has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir -- (a rapid active commotion)
2. (1) flurry, snow flurry -- (a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that); "he had to close the window against the flurries"; "there was a flurry of chicken feathers")
Overview of verb flurry
The verb flurry has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) flurry -- (move in an agitated or confused manner)
2. confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off -- (cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flurry
2 senses of flurry
Sense 1
bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
=> commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult
=> disturbance
=> motion, movement, move, motility
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
flurry, snow flurry
=> snow, snowfall
=> precipitation, downfall
=> weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition
=> atmospheric phenomenon
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun flurry
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flurry
2 senses of flurry
Sense 1
bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
=> commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult
Sense 2
flurry, snow flurry
=> snow, snowfall
Antonyms of noun flurry
Member Holonyms of noun flurry
Substance Holonyms of noun flurry
Part Holonyms of noun flurry
Member Meronyms of noun flurry
Substance Meronyms of noun flurry
Part Meronyms of noun flurry
Meronyms of noun flurry
Holonyms of noun flurry
Attributes of noun flurry
Derived Forms of noun flurry
1 of 2 senses of flurry
Sense 1
bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
RELATED TO>(verb) flurry#1
=> flurry
Domain of noun flurry
Domain Terms of noun flurry
Familiarity of noun flurry
flurry used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun flurry
2 senses of flurry
Sense 1
bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
> commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult
=> bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
Sense 2
flurry, snow flurry
> snow, snowfall
=> flurry, snow flurry
=> whiteout
Meronyms of noun flurry
2 senses of flurry
Sense 2
flurry, snow flurry
=> snow, snowfall
HAS PART: snowflake, flake
=> precipitation, downfall
HAS PART: ice crystal, snow mist, diamond dust, poudrin, ice needle, frost snow, frost mist
Holonyms of noun flurry
Grep of noun flurry
flurry
snow flurry
Antonyms of verb flurry
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb flurry
2 senses of flurry
Sense 1
flurry
=> move
Sense 2
confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
=> embarrass, abash
=> upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb flurry
1 of 2 senses of flurry
Sense 2
confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
=> fluster
=> bother
=> distract, deflect
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb flurry
2 senses of flurry
Sense 1
flurry
=> move
Sense 2
confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
=> embarrass, abash
'Cause To' of verb flurry
Derived Forms of verb flurry
1 of 2 senses of flurry
Sense 1
flurry
RELATED TO>(noun) flurry#1
=> bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
Domain of verb flurry
Domain Terms of verb flurry
Familiarity of verb flurry
flurry used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb flurry
2 senses of flurry
Sense 1
flurry
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
EX: The bad news will flurry him
EX: The good news will flurry her
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb flurry
2 senses of flurry
Sense 1
flurry
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 2
confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
> embarrass, abash
=> confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb flurry
Sense 1
flurry
=> move
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Sense 2
confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
=> embarrass, abash
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Grep of verb flurry
flurry
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