hugger-mugger [
'hʌgә'mʌgә]
a. 秘密的, 杂乱的
ad. 秘密地, 杂乱地
n. 秘密, 杂乱
vt. 保守...的秘密
vi. 偷偷干
hugger-mugger[ noun ]- a state of confusion
<noun.state>
he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance
[ adv ]- in secrecy
<adv.all>
they did it all hugger-mugger
[ adj ]- in utter disorder
<adj.all>
a disorderly pile of clothes
- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
<adj.all>
clandestine intelligence operations
cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
hole-and-corner intrigue
secret missions
a secret agent
secret sales of arms
surreptitious mobilization of troops
an undercover investigation
underground resistance
Hugger-mugger \Hug"ger-mug`ger\, a.
1. Secret; clandestine; sly.
2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger
doings.
Hugger-mugger \Hug"ger-mug`ger\, n. [Scot. huggrie-muggrie;
Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.]
1. Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger,
with haste and secrecy. [Archaic]
Many things have been done in hugger-mugger.
--Fuller.
2. Confusion; disorder.
[PJC]