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单词 hugger-mugger
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
hug•ger-mug•ger  (hug′ər mug′ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. disorder or confusion;
    muddle.
  2. secrecy;
    reticence:Why is there such hugger-mugger about the scheme?

adj. 
  1. secret or clandestine.
  2. disorderly or confused.

v.t. 
  1. to keep secret or concealed;
    hush up.

v.i. 
  1. to act secretly.
  • earlier hucker-mucker, rhyming compound based on mucker, Middle English mokeren to hoard 1520–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hugger-mugger /ˈhʌɡəˌmʌɡə/ n
  1. confusion
  2. rare secrecy
 adj , adv archaic
  1. with secrecy
  2. in confusion
 vb obsolete
  1. (transitive) to keep secret
  2. (intransitive) to act secretly
Etymology: 16th Century: of uncertain origin
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