Usually means: Chaotic, noisy confusion or uproar.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word hurly burly:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. hurly-burly: Merriam-Webster
  2. hurly-burly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hurly-burly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hurly-burly, hurly-burly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hurly burly: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hurly-Burly, hurly-burly: Wordnik
  7. hurly-burly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hurly-burly: Wiktionary
  9. hurly-burly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hurly-burly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hurly-burly: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Hurly-burly, hurly-burly, hurly burly: Dictionary.com
  13. hurly-burly: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Hurly-Burly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Hurly-burly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. hurly-burly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. hurly burly: Rhymezone
  18. Hurly-burly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. hurly-burly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. HURLY-BURLY: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  21. Hurly-burly: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. hurly-burly, hurly burly: FreeDictionary.org
  23. hurly burly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. hurly-burly, hurly burly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. hurly burly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hurly burly: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hurly-burly: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hurly burly: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

Definitions from WordNet (hurly burly)

noun:  a disorderly outburst or tumult


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