(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

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hugger

n. One who hugs or embraces. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hugger

v. t. & i. To conceal; to lurk ambush. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hugger-mugger

n. [ Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen. ] 1. Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Confusion; disorder. [ PJC ]

Hugger-mugger

a. 1. Secret; clandestine; sly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thuggee

n. [ Hind. &tsdot_;hagī. ] The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs. “One of the suppressors of Thuggee.” J. D. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thuggism

{ } n. Thuggee. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Unordnung { f }

huggermugger

meschugge; durchgeknallt; übergeschnappt { adj } [ ugs. ] | durchknallen; überschnappen

cuckoo [ coll. ] | to go cuckoo

meschugge; übergeschnappt { adj }

bonkers [ Br. ]

puffen | puffend | pufft | puffte

to chug | chugging | chugs | chugged

überschnappen; meschugge werden

to go bonkers [ Br. ]

umarmen | umarmend | umarmt | umarmt | umarmte

to hug | hugging | hugged | hugs | hugged

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