Hugger-mugger

/ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/ · adjective

Meaning

Secret, clandestine, sly..

Definitions by Sense

1. Secret, clandestine, sly.
2. Disorderly, chaotic, confused.
3. (archaic) Secrecy.
4. Disorder.
5. Secretly.
6. Confusedly, in a muddle.
7. To meet or act secretly.

Example Sentences

hugger-mugger doings

So Brad McLaughlin mingled reckless talk Of heavenly stars with hugger-mugger farming, Till having failed at hugger-mugger farming, He burned his house down for the fire insurance And spent the proceeds on a telescope […]

There were densely tenanted houses on the main road, pigsties hugger-mugger with people, fireplace ashes thrown out at night.

[…]; and we haue done but greenly In hugger mugger to interre him.

Many things have been done in Hugger mugger in our Age, prophane perſons conceited that their privacy protected them from divine inſpection.

As we passed through the quadrangle the church was glowing more brightly than a pearl, like a lily in strong sunlight, in spite of all the scaffolding and hugger-mugger.

Portentous events and lots of huggermugger quickly proliferate, as they always in Pynchon-land: a dead body turns up near the pool in a famous Upper West Side building; […]

Synonyms for hugger-mugger

Antonyms for hugger-mugger

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Word Forms

• more hugger-mugger
• most hugger-mugger
• huggermugger
• hucker-mucker
• hoker-moker
• hugger-muggers
• hugger-muggering
• hugger-muggered

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