"flurry" meaning in English

See flurry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈflʌɹi/ [UK], /ˈflʊɹi/ [UK], /ˈflʌɹi/ [US], /ˈflɝ.i/ [US], /ˈflaɹi/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-ne-flurry.ogg , en-us-flurry.ogg Forms: flurries [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌɹi Etymology: Perhaps an American English blend of flutter and hurry. Alternatively, perhaps from an obsolete term flurr (“scatter”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} flurry (plural flurries)
  1. A light, brief snowfall. Categories (topical): Snow Translations (brief snowfall): вихрушка (vihruška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), xàfec de neu [masculine] (Catalan), sneeuwbui [feminine] (Dutch), lumikuuro (Finnish), (leichter) Schneefall [masculine] (German), (kurzer) Schneeschauer [masculine] (German), hózápor (Hungarian), spruzzata di neve [feminine] (Italian), nevischio [masculine] (Italian), tarahī huka (Maori), chííl ahisááł (Navajo), yas ahisááł (Navajo), nevatada [feminine] (Occitan), krótki opad [masculine] (Polish), nevezinha [feminine] (Portuguese), снегопа́д (snegopád) (alt: непродолжи́тельный) [masculine] (Russian), ráfaga [feminine] (Spanish), snöby [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flurry-en-noun-onatbaPM Disambiguation of Snow: 31 11 14 4 13 1 21 3 2 Disambiguation of 'brief snowfall': 61 22 4 3 4 2 5
  2. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze. Translations (sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze): ràfega [feminine] (Catalan), vindblak [neuter] (Faroese), puuska (Finnish), Windstoß [masculine] (German), [feminine] (German), cuaifeach [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-flurry-en-noun-oLnr3O5M Disambiguation of 'sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze': 9 76 6 6 1 1 2
  3. A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind. Categories (topical): Wind Translations (shower of dust, leaves, …): pyörre (Finnish), folata [feminine] (Italian), tuman [masculine] (Polish), lufada [feminine] (Portuguese), шквал (škval) (english: squall) [masculine] (Russian), листопа́д (listopád) (english: fall of the leaves) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-flurry-en-noun--UtYTvky Disambiguation of Wind: 16 20 26 4 11 1 19 2 1 Categories (other): Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 4 4 16 10 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 4 4 15 9 24 3 29 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 4 16 10 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 4 4 16 9 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 4 4 16 10 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 4 15 9 24 5 27 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 4 15 9 23 3 28 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 4 4 16 10 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 3 16 9 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of 'shower of dust, leaves, …': 3 3 76 3 7 2 6
  4. (figurative) Any sudden activity; a stir. Tags: figuratively Translations (sudden activity): порив (poriv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), werveling [feminine] (Dutch), opwelling [feminine] (Dutch), mylläkkä (Finnish), hullunmylly (Finnish), puuska (Finnish), geschäftiges Hin und Her [neuter] (German), aufgeregtes Durcheinander [neuter] (German), hektisches Treiben [neuter] (German), fuadar [masculine] (Irish), agitazione [feminine] (Italian), pōnānātanga (Maori), freamăt (Romanian), суета́ (sujetá) [feminine] (Russian), сумато́ха (sumatóxa) [feminine] (Russian), frenesí [masculine] (Spanish), virrvarr (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flurry-en-noun-I2aek6sy Disambiguation of 'sudden activity': 1 22 15 57 1 1 2
  5. A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc. Categories (topical): Snacks
    Sense id: en-flurry-en-noun-Y7mgEbAy Disambiguation of Snacks: 2 2 9 7 55 2 18 3 2 Categories (other): Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 4 4 16 10 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 4 4 15 9 24 3 29 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 4 16 10 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 4 4 16 9 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 4 4 16 10 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 4 15 9 24 5 27 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 4 15 9 23 3 28 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 4 4 16 10 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 3 16 9 25 3 30 7 3
  6. The violent spasms of a dying whale. Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-flurry-en-noun-G9hKfDh6 Disambiguation of Death: 4 12 1 1 1 74 6 1 0
  7. An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers, happening suddenly or in a short period of time. Synonyms: volley, barrage
    Sense id: en-flurry-en-noun-UVt8R4yZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 18 8 23 1 39 5 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 3 18 8 22 3 33 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 3 19 5 24 1 40 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 19 9 24 1 39 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 5 15 9 24 3 31 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 4 4 16 10 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 4 16 9 21 4 28 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 4 4 15 9 24 3 29 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 4 16 10 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 4 16 10 21 4 31 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 5 8 14 9 23 3 29 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 4 4 16 9 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 3 17 10 21 3 32 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 4 4 16 10 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 3 4 17 10 21 3 32 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 4 4 16 10 21 4 31 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 4 15 9 24 5 27 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 4 15 9 23 3 28 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 4 4 16 10 25 3 30 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 3 17 10 21 3 32 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 3 18 8 22 2 33 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 3 16 9 25 3 30 7 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈflʌɹi/ [UK], /ˈflʊɹi/ [UK], /ˈflʌɹi/ [US], /ˈflɝ.i/ [US], /ˈflaɹi/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-ne-flurry.ogg , en-us-flurry.ogg Forms: flurries [present, singular, third-person], flurrying [participle, present], flurried [participle, past], flurried [past]
Rhymes: -ʌɹi Etymology: Perhaps an American English blend of flutter and hurry. Alternatively, perhaps from an obsolete term flurr (“scatter”). Head templates: {{en-verb}} flurry (third-person singular simple present flurries, present participle flurrying, simple past and past participle flurried)
  1. (transitive) To agitate, bewilder, fluster. Tags: transitive Translations (agitate): oproeren (Dutch), bewegen (Dutch), wervelen (Dutch), innervosire (Italian), будора́жить (budorážitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), взбудора́жить (vzbudorážitʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-flurry-en-verb-T~w3EEo4 Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 4 15 9 23 3 28 11 3 Disambiguation of 'agitate': 93 7
  2. (intransitive) To move or fall in a flurry. Tags: intransitive Translations (move in a flurry): wervelen (Dutch), суети́ться (sujetítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-flurry-en-verb-0cXg81AT Disambiguation of 'move in a flurry': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flurrying

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
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          "roman": "vihruška",
          "sense": "brief snowfall",
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          "word": "вихрушка"
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          "sense": "brief snowfall",
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          "word": "xàfec de neu"
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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
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          "sense": "brief snowfall",
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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "brief snowfall",
          "word": "lumikuuro"
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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "brief snowfall",
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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
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          "sense": "brief snowfall",
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          "sense": "brief snowfall",
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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
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          "sense": "brief snowfall",
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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "brief snowfall",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "nevatada"
        },
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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
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          "sense": "brief snowfall",
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          "word": "krótki opad"
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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "brief snowfall",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "nevezinha"
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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
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          "roman": "snegopád",
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          "word": "снегопа́д"
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          "_dis1": "61 22 4 3 4 2 5",
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          "sense": "brief snowfall",
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          "text": "a flurry of wind",
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        },
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          "ref": "1945 May and June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 152:",
          "text": "When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform.",
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          "word": "Bö"
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          "word": "cuaifeach"
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          "word": "pyörre"
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          "sense": "shower of dust, leaves, …",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "folata"
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          "sense": "shower of dust, leaves, …",
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          "sense": "shower of dust, leaves, …",
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          "_dis1": "3 3 76 3 7 2 6",
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          "english": "squall",
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          "roman": "škval",
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          "word": "шквал"
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          "_dis1": "3 3 76 3 7 2 6",
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          "english": "fall of the leaves",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "listopád",
          "sense": "shower of dust, leaves, …",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "листопа́д"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"I missed the beast in my flurry, but he dropped you all right and was off like a streak.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 10, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:",
          "text": "With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”\nThese [argument structure] modifications are important because they have provoked a flurry of investigation into argument structure operations of merger, demotion etc."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Jonathan Langley, Collins Bedtime Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Tales, Pigs to Market, page 53:",
          "text": "Higglety, pigglety, pop!\nThe dog has eaten the mop;\nThe pig's in a hurry,\nThe cat's in a flurry,\nHigglety, pigglety, pop!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC:",
          "text": "The Championship highflyers almost got their reward for a resilient performance on their first visit to the Emirates, surviving a flurry of first-half Arsenal chances before hitting back with a classic sucker punch.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "The day before the wedding was a flurry of preparations.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Any sudden activity; a stir."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "activity"
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        [
          "stir",
          "stir"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Any sudden activity; a stir."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 22 15 57 1 1 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "poriv",
          "sense": "sudden activity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "порив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 22 15 57 1 1 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "sudden activity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "werveling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 22 15 57 1 1 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "sudden activity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "opwelling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 22 15 57 1 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sudden activity",
          "word": "mylläkkä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 22 15 57 1 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sudden activity",
          "word": "hullunmylly"
        },
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      "roman": "vihruška",
      "sense": "brief snowfall",
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      "sense": "brief snowfall",
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      "sense": "brief snowfall",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "brief snowfall",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "nevischio"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "brief snowfall",
      "word": "tarahī huka"
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      "sense": "brief snowfall",
      "word": "chííl ahisááł"
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      "sense": "brief snowfall",
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      "sense": "brief snowfall",
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      "sense": "brief snowfall",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nevezinha"
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      "sense": "brief snowfall",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "снегопа́д"
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      "sense": "brief snowfall",
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      "sense": "brief snowfall",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shower of dust, leaves, …",
      "word": "pyörre"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "shower of dust, leaves, …",
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      "word": "tuman"
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      "sense": "shower of dust, leaves, …",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "sudden activity",
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      "word": "opwelling"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "mylläkkä"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "sudden activity",
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      "word": "hektisches Treiben"
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      "word": "pōnānātanga"
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      "sense": "sudden activity",
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      "sense": "sudden activity",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "sudden activity",
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      "word": "frenesí"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "sudden activity",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "agitate",
      "word": "oproeren"
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