| hugger-mugger |
| hugger-mugger | (n) a state of confusion, Example: he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance |
| hugger-mugger | (adv) in secrecy, Example: they did it all hugger-mugger |
| 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, Example: 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 |
| disorderly | (adj) in utter disorder, Syn. higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, Example: a disorderly pile of clothes |
| 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. |
