hugger-mugger

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Secret, clandestine, sly.
2. Disorderly, chaotic, confused.

Noun

1. Secrecy.
2. Disorder.

Adv

1. Secretly.
2. Confusedly, in a muddle.

Verb

To meet or act secretly.

Sinonieme

topsy-turvy

higgledy-piggledy

secret

㊙️

hole-and-corner

cloak-and-dagger

clandestine

disorderly

confusion

awry

cluttered

disordered

hush-hush

in secret

jumbled

littered

surreptitious

undercover

underground

upset

fuss

helter-skelter

conceal

secretly

hush up

inscrutably

backstair

backstairs

puzzledly

mysterious

mysteriously

mystery

perturbation

secrecy

cagy

abashment

conspiracy

conspiration

covert

disorder

secretive

confused

😕

disorganized

furtive

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogair (“whisper”). Compare also Swedish mjugg.