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English Dictionary: hugger-mugger	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hugger-mugger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hugger-mugger adv in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger" adj in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy] 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" Synonym(s): clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground n a state of confusion; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hugger-mugger \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hugger-mugger \Hug"ger-mug`ger\, a. 1. Secret; clandestine; sly. 2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.