hugger-mugger
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(adverb) in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger" |
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(noun) a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance" |
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Synonyms: mumbo jumbo |
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Related Words: confusion |
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(satellite adjective) in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" |
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Synonyms: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, jumbled, topsy-turvy |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, on the quiet, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground |
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