HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY


Meaning of HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hɪg(ə)ldi pɪg(ə)ldi ]

If you say that things are higgledy-piggledy , you mean that they are very disorganized and untidy. ( INFORMAL )

Books are often stacked in higgledy-piggledy piles on the floor.

= jumbled, untidy

ADJ

Higgledy-piggledy is also an adverb.

A whole valley of boulders tossed higgledy-piggledy as though by some giant.

ADV : ADV after v

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