Search Result:hugger mugger
Overview of noun hugger_mugger
The noun hugger-mugger has 1 sense
- hugger-mugger -- (a state of confusion; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance")
Overview of verb hugger_mugger
The verb hugger mugger has 1 sense
- hugger mugger -- (act stealthily or secretively)
Overview of adj hugger_mugger
The adj hugger-mugger has 2 senses
- disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy -- (in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes")
- clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground -- (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")
Overview of adv hugger_mugger
The adv hugger-mugger has 1 sense
- hugger-mugger -- (in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger")