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hugger-mugger   (TTS Sound)

The noun hugger-mugger has 1 sense

• hugger-mugger -- (a state of confusion; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance")

The verb hugger mugger has 1 sense

• hugger mugger -- (act stealthily or secretively)

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")

The adv hugger-mugger has 1 sense

• hugger-mugger -- (in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger")