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Answer for the clue "A light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that) ", 6 letters:
flurry

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flurry of excitement (= an occasion when there is suddenly a lot of excitement about something ) ▪ The takeover bid has caused a flurry of excitement in the City. a flurry of snow/a snow flurry (= when a small amount ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1757, "produce agitation of feeling in, confuse by excitement," from flurry (n.). From 1883 of snow. Related: Flurried ; flurries ; flurrying .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A brief snowfall. 2 A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze. 3 A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind. 4 Any sudden activity; a stir. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To agitate, bewilder, disconcert. ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flurry \Flur"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flurried ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flurrying .] To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. --H. Swinburne.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Flurry may refer to: A snow flurry , a brief snow shower Flurry, a Super Mario series enemy character Flurry (company) , a mobile analytics and monetization platform McFlurry , a McDonald's ice cream dessert

Usage examples of flurry.

Outside poured in the gray light of the early morning sun as it tried to pierce the smog and aeroplankton flurry.

Livak leaped to one side as a flurry of blackbeetles scurried in all directions and I stamped hard on something with far too many legs for my peace of mind.

Boomer let off a flurry of laser blasts at them, getting their attention.

She wrote a brief note to Glover telling him to tuck into the shoebox of stacked and Saran-wrapped Congo Bars she had baked for him, and she wrote a second note to Brooks and Rollins to say she hoped they enjoyed the shoebox of stacked and Saran-wrapped Congo Bars she had baked for them with second thoughts in the event they discovered she had baked for their older brother and not for them, should, in this flurry of letter writing, Congo Bars ever be mentioned.

I selected my three calices, wearing gloves while handling them as Devaro had instructed, and in a flurry of good-byes and farewell hugs I left Quibsh.

Blink Space Works, New Austin, the Texican fleet, blinking in one at a time, spent milliseconds in real space, just long enough, as the instruments of the Cassiopeians registered the momentary presence of ship after ship, to send the Cassiopeian fleets into Red Emergency Status and cause a flurry of movement along the Empire-Cassiopeian line.

A flurry of colorful wings flashed over the welcoming bloom of purple coneflower, the sunny coreopsis, fragrant verbena, and the reliable asters.

Every askance look, every gaze, every shout, sudden flurry of hooves or boots, every bang or hiss of a constructs pistons is a moment of fear.

Phyllis Dartmoor, had initially been as hostile toward the group as the council members, but after a short flurry of fruitless efforts to force the Voyagers out of town, she had become surprisingly sanguine about the situation.

He escaped during a brief flurry of civil war when the two deviationist wings of the Party revolted against the orthodox Center.

There was a pause as the drummer rammed the leather rings down the white ropes to tighten his drumskin, then the sticks sounded a jaunty and confident flurry.

There was another, duller explosion, a terrible flurry of spray and then the winch drums were screaming and the masthead block dragging down as the heavy two-inch whale line went roaring out through the fairlead in the bow.

Meanwhile, a flurry of youngsters went bounding back and forth through the brightly illuminated interdome tunnel like giant rabbits on cordrazine.

They watched a little flurry of coming and going before them-a parrotfish, then a royal gramma and a queen trigger, then the lookdowns reappeared, gliding past.

The mantispid had a small, clear device out something very similar to our credit card palmlogsand was entering data with a flurry of its three fingers.