/hug"euhr mug'euhr/ , n.
1. disorder or confusion; muddle.
2. secrecy; reticence: Why is there such hugger-mugger about the scheme?
adj.
3. secret or clandestine.
4. disorderly or confused.
v.t.
5. to keep secret or concealed; hush up.
v.i.
6. to act secretly.
[ 1520-30; earlier hucker-mucker, rhyming compound based on mucker, ME mokeren to hoard ]