hugger-mugger

n.

1. Disorderly confusion; muddle.
2. Secrecy; concealment.

adj.

1. Disorderly; jumbled.
2. Secret; clandestine.

v., -gered, -ger·ing, -gers.

v.tr.
To keep secret; conceal.

v.intr.
To act in a secretive manner.

[Origin unknown.]

hugger-mugger hug'ger-mug'ger adv.
hugger-muggery hug'ger-mug'ger·y n.

1) disorderly confusion; muddle 2) secrecy; concealment

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses
  Synonym: mumbo jumbo

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The adjective hugger-mugger has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: in utter disorder
  Synonyms: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, jumbled, topsy-turvy

Meaning #2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, on the quiet, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground

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The adverb hugger-mugger has one meaning:

Meaning #1: in secrecy

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forvirret, rodet, hemmelig, uordentlig
n. - forvirring, rod, uorden, hemmelighed

Français (French)
adj. - en secret, désordonné
n. - pagaille, secret

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verwirrung, Heimlichkeit
adj. - geheim, verwirrt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μυστικότητα, αναστάτωση, κομφούζιο
adj. - μυστικός, ανάκατος, φύρδην-μίγδην, σωρό(ς)-κουβάρι
adv. - φύρδην-μίγδην, σωρό(ς)-κουβάρι, συνωμοτικά, κρυφά

Italiano (Italian)
confusione, confuso, confusamente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - confusão (f), segredo (m)
adj. - clandestino, confuso
adv. - clandestinamente, confusamente

Русский (Russian)
путаница, тайный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - secreto o clandestino, desordenado
n. - confusión, desorden, reticencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - röra, hemlighet
adj. - rörig, hit och dit
adv. - rörigt, huller om buller

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
秘密的, 杂乱的, 秘密, 杂乱

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 秘密的, 雜亂的
n. - 秘密, 雜亂

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 난잡한, 비밀의
n. - 난잡, 비밀

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 乱雑な
adv. - 乱雑に
n. - 混乱, 無秩序, 秘密

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בסוד, מבולבל, פרוע‬
n. - ‮סודיות, סוד, בלבול, אי-סדר‬

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