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. underground, surreptitious, hush-hush, undercover, cloak-and-dagger, secret, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger |
disorderly | (adj) in utter disorder, Syn. topsy-turvy, jumbled, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger |
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. |