Synonyms
huggermugger
- 2 dictionary resultshug⋅ger-mug⋅ger
[huhg-er-muhg-er] 
–noun
| 1. | disorder or confusion; muddle. |
| 2. | secrecy; reticence: Why is there such hugger-mugger about the scheme? |
–adjective
| 3. | secret or clandestine. |
| 4. | disorderly or confused. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to keep secret or concealed; hush up. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to act secretly. |
Origin:
1520–30; earlier hucker-mucker, rhyming compound based on mucker, ME mokeren to hoard
1520–30; earlier hucker-mucker, rhyming compound based on mucker, ME mokeren to hoard
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huggermugger
"secretly," 1529, from Fr., earlier hucker mucker, of unknown origin.
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