hugger-mugger

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

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

Noun

1. (archaic, uncountable) Secrecy.
2. (uncountable) Disorder.

Adv

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

Verb

To meet or act secretly.

Conceptes

secret

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clandestí

ocult

poti-poti

encobert

amagat

farrigo-farrago

Sinònims

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

Traduccions

secreto

㊙️

secret

㊙️

conspiration

désordonné

confusamente

confuso

😕

segreto

㊙️

cospirazione

disordinato

nebbiosamente

mescolato

turbinosamente

farraginosamente

buttato alla rinfusa

samenzwering

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb suec: mjugg

In summary

Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogar (“whisper”). Compare also Scots hudge-mudge, hody-moke, Swedish mjugg (“stealth, secrecy”).