hugger-mugger in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   clandestine  cloak-and-dagger  hole-and-corner  hugger-mugger  hush-hush  secret  surreptitious  undercover  underground 
   
2. in utter disorder
   "a disorderly pile of clothes"
   disorderly  higgledy-piggledy  hugger-mugger  jumbled  topsy-turvy 
   

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

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