'Hugger-mugger' definitions:

Definition of 'hugger-mugger'

From: WordNet
adverb
In secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger"
adjective
In utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy]
adjective
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "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" [syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground]
noun
A state of confusion; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"

Definition of 'Hugger-mugger'

From: GCIDE
  • 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] [1913 Webster]
  • Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Confusion; disorder. [PJC]

Definition of 'Hugger-mugger'

From: GCIDE
  • Hugger-mugger \Hug"ger-mug`ger\, a.
  • 1. Secret; clandestine; sly. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings. [1913 Webster]