'hurly burly' definitions:
Definition of 'hurly burly'
(from WordNet)
noun
A disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to- do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle]
Synonyms of 'hurly burly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- agitation,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- brouhaha,
- bustle,
- churn,
- clamor,
- commotion,
- conturbation,
- discomposure,
- disorder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- disturbance,
- ebullience,
- ebullition,
- eddy,
- effervescence,
- embroilment,
- excitement,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgets,
- flap,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutteration,
- foment,
- fume,
- fuss,
- hassle,
- hubbub,
- hurry,
- hurry-scurry,
- inquietude,
- jitters,
- jumpiness,
- maelstrom,
- malaise,
- moil,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- pell-mell,
- perturbation,
- pother,
- restlessness,
- roil,
- rout,
- row,
- ruffle,
- seethe,
- seething,
- stir,
- swirl,
- swirling,
- to-do,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- twitter,
- unease,
- unrest,
- uproar,
- upset,
- vortex,
- whirl,
- yeastiness