Usually means: Confusingly secretive or disorderly conduct.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word hugger-mugger:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. hugger-mugger: Merriam-Webster
  2. hugger-mugger: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hugger-mugger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hugger-mugger, hugger-mugger: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hugger-mugger: Vocabulary.com
  6. hugger-mugger: Wordnik
  7. hugger-mugger: Wiktionary
  8. hugger-mugger: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. hugger-mugger: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. hugger-mugger: Dictionary.com
  11. Hugger-mugger: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. hugger-mugger: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. hugger-mugger: Rhymezone
  14. Hugger-mugger: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. hugger-mugger: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. hugger-mugger: FreeDictionary.org
  17. hugger-mugger: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. hugger-mugger: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. Hugger-mugger: World Wide Words

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hugger-mugger: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hugger-mugger: A Word A Day
  2. hugger-mugger: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hugger-mugger, hugger-mugger: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. hugger-mugger: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hugger-mugger)

adjective:  Secret, clandestine, sly.
adjective:  Disorderly, chaotic, confused.
noun:  (archaic) Secrecy.
noun:  Disorder.
adverb:  Secretly.
adverb:  Confusedly, in a muddle.
verb:  To meet or act secretly.

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