Plural of flurry; brief bursts of wind or snow, or sudden periods of excitement or activity.
From 'flurry' (perhaps from Middle Dutch 'fluieren' or imitative in origin), becoming common in meteorological use by the 18th century.
A snow flurry is one of winter's most beautiful paradoxes—these tiny bursts of snow seem delicate individually but together create a disorienting whiteout, which is exactly why the word 'flurry' captures both the beauty and the chaos.
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