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1. (n.) hugger-mugger
disorder or confusion; muddle.
2. hugger-mugger
secrecy; reticence.
3. (adj.) hugger-mugger
secret or clandestine.
4. hugger-mugger
disorderly or confused.
5. (adv.) hugger-mugger
in a stealthy or disorderly manner; secretively or confusedly.
6. (v.t.) hugger-mugger
to keep secret or concealed; hush up.
Etymology: (1520–30; orig. uncert.)
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| Definition of 'hugger-mugger' |
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1. (adj) hugger-mugger
a state of confusion
"he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
2. (adj) disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy
in utter disorder
"a disorderly pile of clothes"
3. (verb) clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
"clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
4. (adverb) hugger mugger
act stealthily or secretively
5. (adverb) hugger-mugger
in secrecy
"they did it all hugger-mugger"
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1. (adj) hugger-mugger
secret; clandestine; sly
2. (adj) hugger-mugger
confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings
3. (noun) hugger-mugger
privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy
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