Meaning of HURLY BURLY
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| | Definition: | | [n] a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" |
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| | Synonyms: | | commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle, stir, to-do, turmoil |
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| | See Also: | | disorder, garboil, incident, storm, storm center, storm centre, tempest, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hur"ly-bur`ly\, n. [Reduplicated fr. OE. hurly
confusion: cf. F. hurler to howl, yell, L. ululare; or cf. E.
hurry.]
Tumult; bustle; confusion. --Shak.
All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly.
--Knolles.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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