hugger-mugger meaning
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hugger-mugger (adjective): in utter disorder.
hugger-mugger has 4 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective, adverb and noun.
hugger-mugger as an adjective
- in utter disorder
- a disorderly pile of clothes
Synonyms: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, jumbled, topsy-turvy
Similar: untidy
- 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
Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground
Similar: covert
hugger-mugger as an adverb
- in secrecy
- they did it all hugger-mugger
hugger-mugger as a noun
- a state of confusion
- he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance
Type of: confusion
Related forms: hugger mugger
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