Definition of Hugger mugger

1. Verb. Act stealthily or secretively.

Generic synonyms: Act, Behave, Do
Derivative terms: Hugger-mugger

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hugger Mugger

hugely
hugemungous
hugeness
hugenesses
hugeous
hugeously
huger
hugest
hugfest
hugfests
huggable
huggably
hugged
hugger
hugger-mugger
hugger mugger (current term)
huggermugger
huggers
huggest
huggier
huggiest
hugginess
hugging
huggled
huggler
hugglers
huggles
huggling
huggy

Literary usage of Hugger mugger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"In HUGGER-MUGGER. In secrecy, or concealment. For the various derivations, see Todd. But I am inclined to think that they are all erroneous, ..."

2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"The phrase in hugger-mugger is now obsolete ; the word is used, if at all, as an adjective, as, hugger- mugger doings ; or an adverb, as, it was all carried ..."

3. Essays on Social Subjects from the Saturday Review by Anne] [Mozley (1865)
"HUGGER-MUGGER. MOST minds have an untidy corner. Most men have a taste, in some quarter or other, for hugger-mugger, — for unworthy shifts and expedients, ..."

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