flurry

IPA: fɫˈɝi

A light, brief snowfall.
A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
(figurative) Any sudden activity; a stir.
A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc.
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.
A surname.

Examples of "flurry" in Sentences

Sometimes it is characterized by a flurry of lawsuits to meet filing deadlines that started ticking from the day of the shootings.
Emerging in the flurry is scientist Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) who is called to the Central Park site to assist with the alien the army meets after it emerges from the sphere.
De plus, I am learning that dotting the i's and crossing the t's of rigidity (there's that word again) only ever ends in flurry: Dame Chaos will invite herself to lafête so one might as well join in and get used to whim!
"There is a lot of data out today which might produce the odd short term flurry, but there will be nothing drastic as traders wait to act on Friday's payroll numbers," said David Jones, chief market strategist at IG Index in London.
There are times when all of these moments seem like just yesterday, and all of the intervening days and moments have sped by in flurry of sunburns, visa applications, bus journeys, road trips, languages studied and occasional monotony.