Hurlyburly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hurlyburly is a noun meaning (idiomatic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.
Meaning
(idiomatic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.
More Meanings
- (idiomatic) Full of disorder or noisy confusion.
Example Sentences
"I understand the circus that it is," Springer says of the hurly-burly mob scene that often overtakes his show.
...for nought is ceaſſed and gone already, what an hurlyburly (?) inconvenience ſhoulde followe or it maye be eaſely perceived.
Why is it that civilized humanity / Can make the world so wrong? / In this hurly-burly of insanity / Our dreams cannot last long
1. When ſhall we three meet againe? / In Thunder, Lightning, or in Raine? / 2. When the Hurly-burley's done, / When the Battaile's loſt, and wonne.
Word Forms
- hurlyburlies
- hurly-burly
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tumultuous, hurly-burly, hurly, hurl, tumult, hubbub.
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