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hurly burly
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | hurly burly - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"commotion, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle, to-do, disruption, disturbance, flutterdisorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public orderturmoil, upheaval, convulsion - a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"earthquake - a disturbance that is extremely disruptive; "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"incident - a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"stir, splash - a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared"tempest, storm - a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"storm center, storm centre - a center of trouble or disturbancegarboil, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar - a state of commotion and noise and confusion |
hurly burly
hurly-burlyA wild and chaotic situation. Boy, it was a real hurly burly in there once the kids started tearing into their Christmas presents.hurly burlyA noisy confusion. To hurl is to throw, and “hurly burly” is based on the image of a mob throwing things around chaotically. The phrase appears in the opening scene of Shakespeare's Macbeth when the witches chant, “When shall we three meet again / In thunder, lightning, or in rain? / When the hurlyburly's done, / When the battle's lost and won.”See also: burly, hurlyhurly burly
Synonyms for hurly burlynoun a disorderly outburst or tumultSynonyms- commotion
- hoo-ha
- hoo-hah
- kerfuffle
- to-do
- disruption
- disturbance
- flutter
Related Words- disorder
- turmoil
- upheaval
- convulsion
- earthquake
- incident
- stir
- splash
- tempest
- storm
- storm center
- storm centre
- garboil
- tumult
- tumultuousness
- uproar
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