Definitions for: Hugger-mugger


[n] a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
[adv] in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger"
[adj] 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"
[adj] in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"
[v] act stealthily



Webster (1913) Definition: Hug"ger-mug`ger, n. [Scot. huggrie-muggrie;
Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.]
Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger,
with haste and secrecy. [Archaic]

Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. --Fuller.


Hug"ger-mug`ger, a.
1. Secret; clandestine; sly.

2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger
doings.

Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, covert, disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hole-and-corner(a), hush-hush, jumbled, mumbo jumbo, on the quiet(p), secret, surreptitious, topsy-turvy, undercover, underground, untidy

See Also: act, behave, confusion, do

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