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Meaning of "higgledy-piggledy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY

higgledy-piggledy  [ˈhɪɡəldɪˈpɪɡəldɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Higgledy-Piggledy can act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of higgledy-piggledy in the English dictionary

The definition of higgledy-piggledy in the dictionary is in a jumble. Other definition of higgledy-piggledy is a muddle.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY


alcalde
ælˈkældɪ
baldy
ˈbɔːldɪ
bieldy
ˈbiːldɪ
coldie
ˈkəʊldɪ
Fittipaldi
ˌfɪtɪˈpældɪ
garibaldi
ˌɡærɪˈbɔːldɪ
goldy
ˈɡəʊldɪ
Grimaldi
ɡrɪˈmɔːldɪ
laldie
ˈlældɪ
moldy
ˈməʊldɪ
mouldy
ˈməʊldɪ
olde
ˈəʊldɪ
olde-worlde
ˈəʊldɪˈwɜːldɪ
oldie
ˈəʊldɪ
unwieldy
ʌnˈwiːldɪ
Vivaldi
vɪˈvældɪ
wieldy
ˈwiːldɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY

higgle
higgler
Higgs boson
Higgs particle
high
high altar
high and dry
high and low
high and mighty
High Arctic
high as a kite
high bar
high beam
high board
high brass
high bypass ratio engine
high C
high camp
high chair

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY

black comedy
Cape Kennedy
comedy
deedy
greedy
Greek tragedy
Kennedy
musical comedy
needy
raggedy
reedy
remedy
romantic comedy
scaredy
seedy
speedy
tragedy
tragicomedy
tweedy
weedy

Synonyms and antonyms of higgledy-piggledy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «higgledy-piggledy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of higgledy-piggledy

Translation of «higgledy-piggledy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY

Find out the translation of higgledy-piggledy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of higgledy-piggledy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «higgledy-piggledy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

higgledy - piggledy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin orden ni concierto
570 millions of speakers

English

higgledy-piggledy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गड़बड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بفوضى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

беспорядке
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desregrado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশৃঙ্খল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pêle-mêle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Higgledy-piggledy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wie Kraut und Rüben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乱雑に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

higgledy - piggledy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Higgledy-piggledy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lộn xộn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிதும்-குழம்பிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिग्लायडी-पिग्लार्डी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karman çorman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alla rinfusa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezładnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безладді
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vraiște
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φύρδην - μίγδην
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verward
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

huller om buller
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kryss og tvers
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of higgledy-piggledy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY»

The term «higgledy-piggledy» is regularly used and occupies the 102.672 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «higgledy-piggledy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «higgledy-piggledy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about higgledy-piggledy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY»

Discover the use of higgledy-piggledy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to higgledy-piggledy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Higgledy-Piggledy: Mabel's World
Teaches children how to use a dictionary and have fun with language by exploring a child's new word, "higgledy-piggledy."
Christine D'Amico, 2005
2
The Higgledy Piggledy Pigs
Mummy Pig has had enough.
Sally Crabtree, 2005
3
Hattie and the Higgledy-Piggledy Hedge
Hattie aspires to be an artist like her mother and her grandmother, but when she goes to visit her grandparents in the country with intentions to paint, she finds herself pursuing a different form of art.
Carol Bland Dolson, 2012
4
Higgledy Piggledy Hobbledy Hoy
A rhyming story to be read to children. A boy and a girl march to a picnic, followed by more and more animals. Each page has one line of verse, and is illustrated in full colour.
Dorothy Butler, 1994
5
Higgledy-Piggledy Chicks
Pip. Rip!
Barbara M. Joosse, 2010
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New York Magazine
Report: Higgledy Piggledy, Mr. Competitor, hundreds of entries came, wondrous to see; many from colleges (or universities), coincidentally some mentioned me . . . Roosevelt, Humperdinck, sodium cyclamate, Beethoven, Bonaparte (some ...
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New York Magazine
Herman F. Mankiewicz Helped in the triumph of Citizen Kane Tilled his own garden quite Finzi-Continian Harvest of Kael made the Whole thing inane. Esther R. Isaacs, College Pk., Md. Higgledy-piggledy Henry A. Kissinger Planning each  ...
8
New York Magazine
Report: Mikhail Baryshnikov./Thomas A. Edison,/Romeo Montague,/Many of these./ Vladimir Horowitz./Edward M. Kennedy ,/Gilbert and Sullivan/ (Both, if you please) .//Higgledy piggledy /"Madden the editor"/Isn't quite right as a/Dactyl, you  ...
9
Higgledy Piggledy: A Tale of Four Little Pigs
Four brother piglets, Curly, Twirly, Whirly, and Higgledy Piggledy, run into trouble when a scary wolf, bent on eating them, moves in next door.
Benton Seymour Rabinovitch, Ruth A. Rabinovitch, 2013
10
New York Magazine
Voting to nullify Roe vs. Wade. Susan Ilarriman, San Francisco, Calif. Higgledy Piggledy Alan M. Dershowitz Part of the Dream Team on You-know-who's case. With his advisers, quite Monochromatic'ly: Ruling out jurors Because of their race.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term higgledy-piggledy is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Taste of Travel
All your senses truly come alive with the smells, the bustle of the crowd, the higgledy-piggledy arrangement of local fruits and vegetables... it ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Crashing the Courts
(I'm reminded of the "Bloom County" plot to make the American military complex higgledy-piggledy by flushing all 760 Pentagon toilets at the ... «Utica Observer Dispatch, Jul 15»
3
Review: 'Minions' a crass merchandising cash-in, but still kooky fun
The movies they're in may be higgledy-piggledy and filled with jibber-jabber – and trying to sell you snacks and bric-a-brac – but they never ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
4
Teatime @ Jane's Teas, Kirtlington
It is a truly one-off place; bohemian, quirky, with higgledy-piggledy tables laid with embroidered cloths, gazebos, Parker Knoll armchairs, ... «Oxford Mail, Jul 15»
5
Boko Haram Isn't Waiting; Why Should Our Government? By Okey …
There were videotapes of routed insurgents fleeing higgledy-piggledy. With their swagger back, Nigerian troops rescued hundreds of women ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jul 15»
6
APC needs to provide a chair for Nigerians while squatting
Leadership and followership is in a state of higgledy-piggledy, Nigerians being docile people, despite our acclaimed intellectual prowess, ... «Eagle Reporters, Jul 15»
7
Le Mans: The Historic Capital of the Loire's Sarthe Département
It combines classic Gothic and Romanesque features, and towers above the picturesque, higgledy-piggledy alleyways and ruelles of the old ... «FranceToday.com, Jul 15»
8
Family affairs with Susan Hetherington 080715
... and his mum, plus an extraordinary array of pigs, bears, beanstalks and dwarfs in a higgledy-piggledy mash-up of hilarious fairytale mayhem. «ABC Online, Jul 15»
9
Others Should Copy Njoroge's Gesture of Turning Down Juicy CBK …
... mingle powerfully with the financial whiz kid that he is to radically streamline our higgledy-piggledy manner hitherto of collecting, conserving, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
10
Travel Times: Lording it up in York
Joining them, we browsed shops in the higgledy-piggledy medieval street called the Shambles, passing the birthplace of Guy Fawkes and spot ... «Hinckley Times, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Higgledy-Piggledy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/higgledy-piggledy>. Apr 2024 ».
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