1. In utter disorder
   - disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, jumbled, topsy-turvy 
2. Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
   - clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground

1. A state of confusion
   "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"

1. In secrecy
   "they did it all hugger-mugger"

1. Act stealthily or secretively

Derived forms: hugger-muggers

See also: covert, untidy

Type of: act, behave, confusion, do

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