Hugger-mugger Definition & Meaning

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Hugger-mugger

Hugger-mugger Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hugger-mugger? [n] a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance" [adv] in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger" [adj] 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" [adj] in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [v] act stealthily Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hugger-mugger: clandestine \| cloak-and-dagger \| covert \| disorderly \| higgledy-piggledy \| hole-and-corner(a) \| hush-hush \| jumbled \| mumbo jumbo \| on the quiet(p) \| secret \| surreptitious \| topsy-turvy \| undercover \| underground \| untidy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hugger-mugger: airtight secrecy \| all over \| all over hell \| anarchic \| arsy-varsy \| ass-backwards \| back-door \| backstairs \| balled up \| black out \| bollixed up \| by stealth \| censor \| chaotic \| clandestine \| close secrecy \| closeness \| concealment \| confused \| covert \| covertly \| crypticness \| discreetness \| discretion \| evasion \| evasiveness \| every which way \| feline \| fouled up \| furtive \| furtively \| galley-west \| harum-scarum \| hash \| helter-skelter \| hiddenness \| hidlings \| higgledy-piggledy \| hole-and-corner \| hugger-muggery \| hush \| hush up \| hush-hush \| in a jumble \| in a mess \| in a muddle \| in camera \| in confusion \| in disarray \| in disorder \| jumble \| jumbled \| jungle \| kill \| litter \| mash \| mixed up \| mucked up \| muddle \| muddled \| muffle \| privately \| privy \| quash \| quiet \| repress \| rummage \| scattered \| scramble \| screwed up \| secrecy \| secretiveness \| secretness \| shifty \| shush \| silence \| sit on \| skimble-skamble \| skulking \| slinking \| slinky \| sly \| smother \| snafu \| sneaking \| sneaky \| squash \| squelch \| stealthily \| stealthy \| stifle \| sub rosa \| subterfuge \| suppress \| surreptitious \| surreptitiously \| the dark \| topsy-turvy \| tumble \| uncommunicativeness \| undercover \| underground \| underhand \| underhanded \| underneath \| under-the-counter \| under-the-table \| unobtrusive \| upside-down \| willy-nilly See Also \| act \| behave \| confusion \| do Hugger-mugger In Webster's Dictionary \Hug"ger-mug`ger\, n. [Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.] Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy. [Archaic] Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. --Fuller. \Hug"ger-mug`ger\, a. 1. Secret; clandestine; sly. 2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.

Hugger-mugger Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hugger-mugger?

[n] a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
[adv] in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger"
[adj] 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"
[adj] in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"
[v] act stealthily

See Also | act | behave | confusion | do

Hugger-mugger In Webster's Dictionary

\Hug"ger-mug`ger\, n. [Scot. huggrie-muggrie;
Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.]
Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger,
with haste and secrecy. [Archaic]

      Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. --Fuller.


\Hug"ger-mug`ger\, a.
1. Secret; clandestine; sly.

2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger
   doings.

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