About The Word Hurly-burly
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Hurly-burly
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What's The Definition Of Hurly-burly?
[n] a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hurly-burly: commotion | disruption | disturbance | flutter | hoo-ha | hoo-hah | kerfuffle | stir | to-do | turmoil Related Terms | Find terms related to Hurly-burly: ado | agitation | bluster | bobbery | boil | boiling | brouhaha | bustle | churn | clamor | commotion | conturbation | discomposure | disorder | disquiet | disquietude | disturbance | ebullience | ebullition | eddy | effervescence | embroilment | excitement | feery-fary | ferment | fermentation | fever | feverishness | fidgets | flap | flurry | fluster | flutteration | foment | fume | fuss | hassle | hubbub | hurry | hurry-scurry | inquietude | jitters | jumpiness | maelstrom | malaise | moil | nerviness | nervosity | nervousness | pell-mell | perturbation | pother | restlessness | roil | rout | row | ruffle | seethe | seething | stir | swirl | swirling | to-do | trepidation | trepidity | tumult | tumultuation | turbidity | turbulence | turmoil | twitter | unease | unrest | uproar | upset | vortex | whirl | yeastiness See Also | disorder | garboil | incident | storm | storm center | storm centre | tempest | tumult | tumultuousness | uproar Hurly-burly In Webster's Dictionary \Hur"ly-bur`ly\, n. [Reduplicated fr. OE. hurly
confusion: cf. F. hurler to howl, yell, L. ululare; or cf. E.
hurry.]
Tumult; bustle; confusion. --Shak.
All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly.
--Knolles.
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