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hugger
(encz) | hugger, n: |
Hugger
(gcide) | Hugger \Hug"ger\, n.
One who hugs or embraces.
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Hugger
(gcide) | Hugger \Hug"ger\, v. t. & i.
To conceal; to lurk ambush. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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hugger
(wn) | hugger
n 1: a person who hugs |
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hugger
(encz) | hugger, n: |
hugger mugger
(encz) | hugger mugger, v: |
hugger-mugger
(encz) | hugger-mugger, n: |
thuggery
(encz) | thuggery,násilnictví Jaroslav Šedivý |
tree hugger
(encz) | tree hugger, n: |
Hugger-mugger
(gcide) | Hugger-mugger \Hug"ger-mug`ger\, n. [Scot. huggrie-muggrie;
Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.]
1. Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger,
with haste and secrecy. [Archaic]
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Many things have been done in hugger-mugger.
--Fuller.
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2. Confusion; disorder.
[PJC]Hugger-mugger \Hug"ger-mug`ger\, a.
1. Secret; clandestine; sly.
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2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger
doings.
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Thuggery
(gcide) | Thuggery \Thug"ger*y\, Thuggism \Thug"gism\, n.
Thuggee.
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hugger
(wn) | hugger
n 1: a person who hugs |
hugger mugger
(wn) | hugger mugger
v 1: act stealthily or secretively |
hugger-mugger
(wn) | hugger-mugger
adv 1: in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger"
adj 1: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn:
disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger,
jumbled, topsy-turvy]
2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
"clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger
activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue";
"secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms";
"surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover
investigation"; "underground resistance" [syn: clandestine,
cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger,
hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover,
underground]
n 1: a state of confusion; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of
international finance" |
thuggery
(wn) | thuggery
n 1: violent or brutal acts as of thugs |
tree hugger
(wn) | tree hugger
n 1: derogatory term for environmentalists who support
restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation
of forests |
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