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flurrying

flurrying is the present participle and gerund of flurry.

Meaning of flurry

Verb

flurry (third-person singular simple present flurries, present participle flurrying, simple past and past participle flurried)

  1. (transitive) To agitate, bewilder, fluster.
    • And so venturing not to say another word, poor Jemima trotted off, exceedingly flurried and nervous.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 1, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
  2. (intransitive) To move or fall in a flurry.

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Noun

flurrying (plural flurryings)

  1. A brief blast or shower, as of snow.

Forms of flurrying

pluralflurryings

Origin of flurrying

From flurry + -ing.

Questions about flurrying

What does flurrying mean?
Flurrying means a brief blast or shower, as of snow.
What is flurrying the present participle and gerund of?
Flurrying is the present participle and gerund of flurry.
What part of speech is flurrying?
Flurrying is a noun.
What is the plural of flurrying?
The plural of flurrying is flurryings.

Words near flurrying in the dictionary

  1. flurriedly
  2. flurries
  3. flurring
  4. flurrs
  5. flurry
  6. flurrying
  7. flurryingly
  8. flurryings
  9. Flurrys
  10. flurt
  11. flurtamone

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