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Other than helter-skelter, what is a rhyming and hyphenated word meaning "muddle"?
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#67944. Asked by zbeckabee. (Jul 07 06 8:06 AM)
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Gnomon
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hugger-mugger
hug.ger-mug.ger n [origin unknown] (1529) 1: secrecy 2: confusion, muddle
(Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary)
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ayatollah
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pell-mell also pell·mell (pĕl'mĕl')
adv.
In a jumbled, confused manner; helter-skelter.
In frantic disorderly haste; headlong: “I went to work pell-mell, blotted several sheets of paper with choice floating thoughts” (Washington Irving).
[French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle mesle, probably reduplication of mesle. See meddle.]
pellmell pell'-mell' adj. & n.
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ren33
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A second meaning of 'willy-nilly' is listed as ' without order or plan.'
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ren33
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I would disagree with hurdy gurdy as meaning muddled,
A hurdy gurdy (or hurdy-gurdy) is a stringed musical instrument with several strings .
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helenasykes
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Higgeldy-Piggeldy?
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Baloo55th
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Hugger-mugger is 'confusion', with a rare second meaning (rather outdated) of secrecy. Higgledy-piggledy is 'in a jumble' or 'muddle'. Pell-mell is more often used when referring to confused rushing, but things can be piled pell-mell. Willy-nilly comes from 'will he, will he not' and means whether you want it or not, and no element of confusion - rather definite, in fact. There may be some confusion(!) here between hurdy-gurdy and hurly-burly. The first is indeed an instrument whose characteristic is a rosined wheel instead of a bow to sound the strings; the second is another word for confusion. (Times English Dictionary)
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SOTHC
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How about hotch-potch?
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