HURLY-BURLY


Meaning of HURLY-BURLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhər-lē-ˈbər-lē ]

noun

Etymology: probably alteration & reduplication of hurling, gerund of hurl

Date: 1539

: uproar , tumult

• hurly-burly adjective

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