HUGGER-MUGGERY

Meaning of HUGGER-MUGGERY in English

/hug"euhr mug'euh ree/ , n. , pl. hugger-mugger-ies .

hugger-mugger (defs. 1, 2).

[ HUGGER-MUGGER + -Y 3 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HUGGER-MUGGERY — -g(ə)rē, -ri noun ( -es ) : hugger-mugger 1
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUGGER-MUGGERY — Function: noun Synonyms: SECRECY , hugger-mugger, hush, hush-hush, secretiveness, secretness, silence
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HUGGER-MUGGERY — noun Synonyms: secrecy , hugger-mugger, hush, hush-hush, secretiveness, secretness, silence
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUGGER-MUGGERY — (разговорное) путаница, неразбериха (разговорное) темные делишки; махинации
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUGGER-MUGGERY — n разг. 1. путаница, неразбериха 2. тёмные делишки; махинации
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HUGGER MUGGERY — (n) махинации; неразбериха; путаница; темные делишки
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HUGGER-MUGGERY — n разг. 1. путаница, неразбериха 2. тёмные делишки; махинации
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HUGGER-MUGGERY — n разг. 1. путаница, неразбериха 2. тёмные делишки; махинации
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HUGGER-MUGGERY — (разговорное) путаница, неразбериха (разговорное) темные делишки; махинации
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUGGER — noun see: hug
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HUGGER — ˈhəgə(r) noun ( -s ) : one that hugs
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUGGER — (v. t. & i.) To conceal; to lurk ambush.
Английский словарь Webster
HUGGER — (n.) One who hugs or embraces.
Английский словарь Webster
HUGGER — ( v. t. & i. ) To conceal; to lurk ambush.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUGGER — ( n. ) One who hugs or embraces.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUGGER — n. one who hugs, embracer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HUGGER — see hug
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUGGER — noun one who hugs or embraces. 2. hugger ·vt & ·vi to conceal; to lurk ambush.
Webster English vocab
HUGGER — hugger BrE AmE ˈhʌɡ ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ hugger|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HUGGER — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
HUGGER — noun Hugger is used after these nouns: ↑ tree
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HUGGER-MUGGER
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUGGER-MUGGER — (a.) Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.
Английский словарь Webster
HUGGER-MUGGER — (n.) Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.
Английский словарь Webster
HUGGER-MUGGER — ( n. ) Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUGGER-MUGGER — ( a. ) Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUGGER-MUGGER — /hug"euhr mug'euhr/ , n. 1. disorder or confusion; muddle. 2. secrecy; reticence: Why is there such hugger-mugger about the scheme? …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUGGER-MUGGER — I. ˈhə-gər-ˌmə-gər noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1529 1. : secrecy 2. : confusion , muddle II. adjective Date: 1692 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUGGER-MUGGER — adj secret; clandestine; sly. 2. hugger-mugger ·adj confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings. 3. hugger-mugger ·noun privacy; secrecy. commonly …
Webster English vocab
HUGGER-MUGGER — [hug.ger-mug.ger] n [origin unknown] (1529) 1: secrecy 2: confusion, muddle [2]hugger-mugger adj (1692) 1: secret 2: of a confused or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HUSH-HUSH — I. adjective Synonyms: secret 1, clandestine, covert, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, sub-rosa, surreptitious, undercover, ||underneath, under-the-table II. noun Synonyms: secrecy , hugger-mugger, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUGGER-MUGGER — 25B6; adjective at home, all was hugger-mugger : DISORDERLY, confused, disorganized, chaotic, muddled, haphazard, in a mess, in disarray, topsy-turvy; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUGGER-MUGGER — 1. сущ. 1) секрет, тайна; секретность; утаивание, укрывательство in hugger-mugger Syn : secret, mystery, secrecy 2) беспорядок, неразбериха Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUGGER-MUGGER — 1. ʹhʌgə͵mʌgə n 1. разг. беспорядок, путаница; суматоха 2. уст. , груб. тайна, секрет in hugger-mugger - тайно, тайком; втихаря; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HUGGER-MUGGER — 1. ʹhʌgə͵mʌgə n 1. разг. беспорядок, путаница; суматоха 2. уст. , груб. тайна, секрет in hugger-mugger - тайно, тайком; втихаря; …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HUGGER-MUGGER — 1. сущ. 1) секрет, тайна; секретность; утаивание, укрывательство - in hugger-mugger Syn: secret , mystery , secrecy 2) беспорядок, неразбериха …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HUGGER-MUGGER — 1. сущ. 1) секрет, тайна; секретность; утаивание, укрывательство - in hugger-mugger Syn: secret, mystery, secrecy 2) беспорядок, неразбериха Syn: disorder, confusion. muddle 2. прил. 1) секретный, тайный; потайной, скрытый Syn: secret, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HUGGER-MUGGER — 1. сущ. 1) секрет, тайна; секретность; утаивание, укрывательство in hugger-mugger Syn : secret, mystery, secrecy 2) беспорядок, неразбериха Syn : …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
RAIL LUGGER — noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of rail hugger, from rail (II) + hugger slang : a horse or dog that bears …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUBTERFUGE — Synonyms and related words : airtight secrecy, alibi, apology, art, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, bamboozlement, befooling, bickering, blind, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SILENCE — Synonyms and related words : answer, answer conclusively, argue down, asphyxiate, ataraxia, ataraxy, blow to pieces, blow up, blunt, bottle …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SECRECY — Synonyms and related words : Jim Crow, apartheid, apartness, burial, burying, censorship, clandestineness, clouding, concealedness, concealment, confidentiality, confidentially, covering, covering …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUSH HUSH — Synonyms and related words : arcane, cabalistic, censored, clandestine, classified, close, closed, concealed, covert, cryptic, dark, enigmatic, esoteric, hermetic, hidden, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUSH — Synonyms and related words : allay, appease, assibilate, assibilation, awful silence, black out, buzz, calm, calm down, censor, choke, choke …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUGGER MUGGER
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVASION — Synonyms and related words : abstention, airtight secrecy, anythingarianism, artifice, avoidance, avoiding reaction, bickering, boggling, break, breakout, buck-passing, captiousness, caviling, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DISCRETION — Synonyms and related words : airtight secrecy, aloofness, alternate choice, alternative, animus, anticipation, appetence, appetency, appetite, backwardness, bashfulness, blankness, calculation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONCEALMENT — Synonyms and related words : abri, air-raid shelter, airtight secrecy, asylum, bolt-hole, bomb shelter, bombproof, bunker, cache, cave, close secrecy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLOSENESS — Synonyms and related words : THI, accord, accordance, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agreement, airlessness, airtight secrecy, alikeness, alliance, analogy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SILENCE — n. Function: noun 1 absence of sound or noise FF1C; the heavy silence of the night FF1E; Synonyms: noiselessness, quiet, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SECRETNESS — n. Function: noun Synonyms: SECRECY , hugger-mugger, hugger-muggery, hush, hush-hush, secretiveness, silence
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SECRETIVENESS — n. Function: noun Synonyms: SECRECY , hugger-mugger, hugger-muggery, hush, hush-hush, secretness, silence
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SECRECY — n. Function: noun the practice or policy of keeping secrets or maintaining concealment FF1C; secrecy is an inherent feature of …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HUSH-HUSH — Function: noun Synonyms: SECRECY , hugger-mugger, hugger-muggery, hush, secretiveness, secretness, silence
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HUSH — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: QUIET 1, calm, lull 2 Synonyms: SECRECY , hugger-mugger, hugger-muggery, hush-hush, secretiveness, secretness, silence
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HUGGER-MUGGER — Function: noun 1 Synonyms: SECRECY , hugger-muggery, hush, hush-hush, secretiveness, secretness, silence 2 Synonyms: CLUTTER 2, hash, jumble, jungle, litter, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SILENCE — I. noun 1. absence of sound or noise the heavy silence of the night Synonyms: noiselessness, quiet, quietness, quietude, soundlessness, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUSH — I. verb Synonyms: silence , choke (off), quiet, ||quieten, shush, shut up, still II. adjective Synonyms: still 3, hushful, noiseless, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUGGER-MUGGER — I. noun 1. Synonyms: secrecy , hugger-muggery, hush, hush-hush, secretiveness, secretness, silence 2. Synonyms: clutter 2, hash, jumble, jungle, litter, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SECRETNESS — noun Synonyms: secrecy , hugger-mugger, hugger-muggery, hush, hush-hush, secretiveness, silence
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SECRETIVENESS — noun Synonyms: secrecy , hugger-mugger, hugger-muggery, hush, hush-hush, secretness, silence
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SECRECY — noun the practice or policy of keeping secrets or maintaining concealment secrecy is an inherent feature of intelligence operations Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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