flurries in English

noun

1

a small swirling mass of something, especially snow or leaves, moved by sudden gusts of wind.

a flurry of snow

synonyms: swirl, whirl, eddy, billow, shower, gust

verb

1

(especially of snow or leaves) be moved in small swirling masses by sudden gusts of wind.

gusts of snow flurried through the door

noun

swirl, whirl, eddy, billow, shower, gust
burst, outbreak, spurt, fit, spell, bout, rash, eruption, fuss, stir, bustle, hubbub, commotion, disturbance, furor, to-do, flap
spate, wave, flood, deluge, torrent, stream, tide, avalanche, series, succession, string, outbreak, rash, explosion, run, rush
snow flurry
ado, stir, bustle, fuss, hustle

verb

confuse
confuse, put off, disconcert

Use "flurries" in a sentence

1. Cloudy. 60 percent chance of rain showers or flurries overnight.

2. Her lumbering footsteps kicked up small flurries of snow.

3. Tonight..Cloudy. 60 percent chance of rain showers or flurries.

4. Despite the disclaimers, flurries of police activity around the troubled facility

5. 24 Huge flurries of snow and feathers as his 20 panicked concubines flew up into the surrounding trees.

6. Most of Massachusetts woke up Friday to dry and Blustery conditions, and snow was sparse throughout the region, with light flurries only falling on Cape Cod