hugger-mugger |
hugger-mugger | (n) a state of confusion |
hugger-mugger | (adv) in secrecy |
clandestine | (adj) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods, Syn. hugger-mugger, cloak-and-dagger, hush-hush, surreptitious, secret, underground, hole-and-corner, undercover |
disorderly | (adj) in utter disorder, Syn. higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy, hugger-mugger, jumbled |
Hugger-mugger | n. [ Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen. ] Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Hugger-mugger | a. |