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noun
1.
disorder or confusion; muddle.
2.
secrecy; reticence: Why is there such hugger-mugger about the scheme?
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Huggermugger
is always a great word to know.
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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, Middle English mokeren to hoard
1520–30; earlier hucker-mucker, rhyming compound based on mucker, Middle English mokeren to hoard
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huggermugger
"secretly," 1529, from Fr., earlier hucker mucker, of unknown origin.
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