Meaning

1 senses

  1. To meet or act secretly.

Origin

Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), f

Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogar (“whisper”). Compare also Scots hudge-mudge, hody-moke, Swedish mjugg (“stealth, secrecy”).

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Forms

hugger-muggers, hugger-muggering, hugger-muggered, hugger-muggered
Base formhugger-mugger · to hugger-mugger
3rd person singularhugger-muggers
Present participlehugger-muggering
Past simplehugger-muggered
Past participlehugger-muggered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhugger-mugger
he, she, ithugger-muggers

Past simpleLesson

all personshugger-muggered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hugger-muggered
he, she, ithas hugger-muggered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hugger-mugger

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hugeB1hugelyB2huggerhuhhulahulk
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