n.
 (pl. flurries)
  - a small swirling mass of snow, leaves, etc. moved by sudden gusts of wind.
 - a sudden short period of commotion or excitement. 
▸a number of things arriving suddenly and simultaneously.
 
v.
 (flurries, flurrying, flurried)
 move in flurries; swirl.
 
  Etymology
  C17: from obs. flurr ‘fly up, flutter, whirr’ (imitative), prob. influenced by hurry.