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flurry
English
Etymology
Perhaps an American English blend of flutter and hurry. Alternatively, perhaps from an obsolete term flurr (“scatter”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fl??i/ (accents with the "Foot-strut" split)
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fl??i/ (accents without the "Foot-strut" split)
- Rhymes: -?ri
- (US) IPA(key): /?fl??i/ (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- Rhymes: -?ri
- (US) IPA(key): /?fl?.?i/ (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
Noun
flurry (plural flurries)
- A light, brief snowfall.
- A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
- a flurry of wind
- A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
- (figuratively) Any sudden activity; a stir.
- 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
- These [argument structure] modifications are important because they have provoked a flurry of investigation into argument structure operations of merger, demotion etc.
- 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
- A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc.
- 1988, K. Wayne Wride, Fruit Treats (in Vegetarian Times number 134, October 1988, page 27)
- Does your "Forbidden Foods" list include banana splits, ice cream sundaes, slurpies, popsicles, frozen yogurts, milk shakes, and ice cream flurries? These foods taste great but have a reputation for being bad for your health.
- 2002, Tampa Bay Magazine (volume 17, number 3, May-June 2002, page 235)
- They will make your tongue smile with their homemade ice cream, which was voted "Best Taste in the USA Today." Enjoy exciting toppings to personalize your treat or a yummy sundae, flurry, smoothie, banana split or shake...
- 1988, K. Wayne Wride, Fruit Treats (in Vegetarian Times number 134, October 1988, page 27)
- The violent spasms of a dying whale.
- An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers, happening suddenly or in a short period of time.
- Synonyms: volley, barrage
Translations
Verb
flurry (third-person singular simple present flurries, present participle flurrying, simple past and past participle flurried)
- (transitive) To agitate, bewilder, fluster.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 1:
- And so venturing not to say another word, poor Jemima trotted off, exceedingly flurried and nervous.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 1:
- (intransitive) To move or fall in a flurry.
Translations
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hail
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /he?l/, [he???]
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Homophone: hale
Etymology 1
From Middle English hayle, haile, hail, from Old English hæ?l, hæ?el, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (compare West Frisian heil, Low German Hagel, Dutch hagel, German Hagel, Danish hagl). Either from Proto-Indo-European *kag?los (“pebble”), or from *?o?ló-, a reduplication of *?el- (“cold”) (compare Old Norse héla (“frost”)).
Root-cognates outside of Germanic include Welsh caill (“testicle”), Breton kell (“testicle”), Lithuanian šeš?lis (“shade, shadow”), Ancient Greek ?????? (kákhl?x, “pebble”), Albanian çakëll (“pebble”), Sanskrit ????? (?í?ira, “cool, cold”).
Noun
hail (uncountable)
- Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
Derived terms
- hailstone
- hail storm / hailstorm
- hail shaft / hailshaft
Translations
Verb
hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed)
- (impersonal) Of hail, to fall from the sky.
- They say it's going to hail tomorrow.
- (intransitive) To send or release hail.
- The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes.
- To pour down in rapid succession.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English heil (“healthy, sound”), from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, entire, healthy”). The verb is from Middle English heilen, itself from the adjective. Doublet of whole and hale.
Adjective
hail (comparative hailer, superlative hailest)
- (obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.
Verb
hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed)
- (transitive) to greet; give salutation to; salute.
- (transitive) To name; to designate; to call.
- (transitive) to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
- (transitive) To signal in order to initiate communication with.
Derived terms
- hailer
- hail from
Translations
Interjection
hail
- An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
Derived terms
- all hail
- Hail Mary
Translations
Anagrams
- Hlai, hila
Estonian
Noun
hail
- adessive singular of hai
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hal?/
Noun
hail
- h-prothesized form of ail
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
hail (uncountable)
- Alternative form of hayle (“hail”)
Etymology 2
Adjective
hail
- Alternative form of heil (“healthy, sound”)
Noun
hail (uncountable)
- Alternative form of heil (“health, welfare”)
Scots
Etymology 1
From Old English h?l (“healthy, safe”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh?ilus (“healthy, whole”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hel]
- (South Scots) IPA(key): [hj?l]
Adjective
hail (comparative hailer, superlative hailest)
- whole
- free or recovered from disease, healthy, wholesome
- (of people, parts of the body, etc.) free from injury, safe, sound, unhurt
- (of material objects and of time, numbers etc.) whole, entire, complete, sound, unbroken, undamaged
Derived terms
Noun
hail (plural hails)
- the whole, the whole amount or number
Verb
hail (third-person singular present hails, present participle hailin, past hailt, past participle hailt)
- to heal, cure
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hel]
Verb
hail (third-person singular present hails, present participle hailin, past hailt, past participle hailt)
- (sports) to drive the ball through the goal, etc.
Derived terms
- ower hail (“to overtake”)
Noun
hail (plural hails)
- (sports) goal, the shout when a goal is scored, the goal area
Etymology 3
From Old English hæ?l, hæ?el, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz, either from Proto-Indo-European *kag?los (“pebble”), or from *?o?ló-, a reduplication of *?el- (“cold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hel]
Noun
hail (uncountable)
- (weather) hail, hailstones
- small shot, pellets
Derived terms
- hailie-pickle (“hailstone”)
- hailstane (“hailstone”)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hai?l/
Adjective
hail
- h-prothesized form of ail (“second”)
Mutation
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh?ilus (“healthy, whole”). Akin to English whole.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /he(??)?l/, /h?(??)?l/, /ha(??)?l/
- Rhymes: -é???l
Adjective
hail (neuter haillt)
- whole, complete, full, entire
- Dem sat å gamsä heilä ättermedagen
- They sat and chewed the fat the entire afternoon.
- Dem sat å gamsä heilä ättermedagen
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /²he(??)?l/, /²h?(??)?l/, /²ha(??)?l/
- Rhymes: -è???l
Verb
hail (preterite haile, middle hailes, passive val haile)
- (transitive) To heal.
Synonyms
- häli
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