flurry

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A brief, light snowfall.
• noun A sudden gust of wind.
• noun A stirring mass, as of leaves or dust; a shower.
• noun A sudden burst or commotion; a stir.
• noun A short period of active trading, as on a stock exchange.
• intransitive verb To agitate, stir, or confuse.
• intransitive verb To move or come down in a flurry.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To produce agitation of feeling in; confuse by excitement or alarm.
• noun The scum that forms on top of a dye-vat, as an indigo-blue vat.
• noun A state of perturbed action or feeling; a violent agitation, physical or mental; a disordered or excited movement; flutter; commotion: as, to be in a continual flurry; to raise a flurry in an assembly.
• noun Specifically, of a whale, the death-agony; the spasmodic action of the animal while expiring.
• noun A sudden brief movement of air; an irregular blast or gust: as, a flurry of wind.
• noun A fluttering assemblage of things, as snow-flakes, carried by or passing through the air.
• noun In calico-printing, a state of frothiness developed by some colors in the process of printing, due in some to quick printing and in others to slow printing. It is obviated by the use of glycerin, oil, turpentine, or alcohol.
• In heraldry, same as fleury.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
• noun A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind.
• noun Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.
• noun The violent spasms of a dying whale.
• transitive verb To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A brief snowfall.
• noun A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
• noun Any sudden activity; a stir.
• noun A snack consisting of soft ice cream studded small pieces of fruit, cookie, etc.
• verb transitive To agitate, bewilder, disconcert.
• verb intransitive To move or fall in a flurry.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)
• noun a rapid active commotion
• verb cause to feel embarrassment
• verb move in an agitated or confused manner