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fluster
English
Etymology
From a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language, akin to Icelandic flaustra (“to be flustered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fl?st?/
- Rhymes: -?st?(r)
Verb
fluster (third-person singular simple present flusters, present participle flustering, simple past and past participle flustered)
- (dated) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking.
- (by extension) To confuse; befuddle; throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.
- (intransitive) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
- the flustring, vain-glorious Greeks
Derived terms
- flustered (adjective)
- flustering (adjective, present participle)
Translations
Noun
fluster (plural flusters)
- A state of being flustered; overwrought confusion.
Anagrams
- RESTful, fluters, furtles, restful
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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.
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