CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HUGGER-MUGGER
PRESENT
Present
I hugger-mugger
you hugger-mugger
he/she/it hugger-muggers
we hugger-mugger
you hugger-mugger
they hugger-mugger
Present continuous
I am hugger-muggering
you are hugger-muggering
he/she/it is hugger-muggering
we are hugger-muggering
you are hugger-muggering
they are hugger-muggering
Present perfect
I have hugger-muggered
you have hugger-muggered
he/she/it has hugger-muggered
we have hugger-muggered
you have hugger-muggered
they have hugger-muggered
Present perfect continuous
I have been hugger-muggering
you have been hugger-muggering
he/she/it has been hugger-muggering
we have been hugger-muggering
you have been hugger-muggering
they have been hugger-muggering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I hugger-muggered
you hugger-muggered
he/she/it hugger-muggered
we hugger-muggered
you hugger-muggered
they hugger-muggered
Past continuous
I was hugger-muggering
you were hugger-muggering
he/she/it was hugger-muggering
we were hugger-muggering
you were hugger-muggering
they were hugger-muggering
Past perfect
I had hugger-muggered
you had hugger-muggered
he/she/it had hugger-muggered
we had hugger-muggered
you had hugger-muggered
they had hugger-muggered
Past perfect continuous
I had been hugger-muggering
you had been hugger-muggering
he/she/it had been hugger-muggering
we had been hugger-muggering
you had been hugger-muggering
they had been hugger-muggering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will hugger-mugger
you will hugger-mugger
he/she/it will hugger-mugger
we will hugger-mugger
you will hugger-mugger
they will hugger-mugger
Future continuous
I will be hugger-muggering
you will be hugger-muggering
he/she/it will be hugger-muggering
we will be hugger-muggering
you will be hugger-muggering
they will be hugger-muggering
Future perfect
I will have hugger-muggered
you will have hugger-muggered
he/she/it will have hugger-muggered
we will have hugger-muggered
you will have hugger-muggered
they will have hugger-muggered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hugger-muggering
you will have been hugger-muggering
he/she/it will have been hugger-muggering
we will have been hugger-muggering
you will have been hugger-muggering
they will have been hugger-muggering
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would hugger-mugger
you would hugger-mugger
he/she/it would hugger-mugger
we would hugger-mugger
you would hugger-mugger
they would hugger-mugger
Conditional continuous
I would be hugger-muggering
you would be hugger-muggering
he/she/it would be hugger-muggering
we would be hugger-muggering
you would be hugger-muggering
they would be hugger-muggering
Conditional perfect
I would have hugger-mugger
you would have hugger-mugger
he/she/it would have hugger-mugger
we would have hugger-mugger
you would have hugger-mugger
they would have hugger-mugger
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hugger-muggering
you would have been hugger-muggering
he/she/it would have been hugger-muggering
we would have been hugger-muggering
you would have been hugger-muggering
they would have been hugger-muggering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you hugger-mugger
we let´s hugger-mugger
you hugger-mugger
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hugger-mugger
Past participle
hugger-muggered
Present Participle
hugger-muggering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUGGER-MUGGER»
Discover the use of
hugger-mugger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hugger-mugger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
When Spenser is approached by Walter Clive, president of the Three Fillies Stables, to find out who is threatening his horse Hugger Mugger, he can hardly say no: he's been doing pro bono work for so long his cupboards are just about bare.
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Plays and poems of William Shakespeare
For good Polonius' death ; and we have done but greenly 4, In hugger-mugger to
inter him 5 : Poor Ophelia Divided from herself, and her fair judgment ; Without
the which we are pictures, or mere beasts. Last, and as much containing as all ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, 1821
3
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
HUGGER- die-muddle, hudder-mudder, hugger-mugger : the mean- MUGGER.
ing will then be — Confusedly and dirtily ; and, therefore, thrown out of **NOT E"
s'S^lt > consequentially, concealedly, covertly, secretly, privily. For God cannot ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
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A Dictionary of Reduplicated Words in the English Language
HUGGER-MUGGER. 1. By stealth, privately ; without making an appearance. "
They— in hugger-mugger muttered what they durst." — Mirrour for Magistrates. "
For God cannot abide to have his benefites kept secrete in hugger- mugger.
Henry Benjamin Wheatley, 1866
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ...
Matone. 2 When sorrows come, &c.] In Ray's Proverbs we find, " Misfortunes
seldom come alone," as a prover bial phrase. Reed. 3 but greenly,] Bui unskilfuily
; with greenness ; that is, without maturity of judgment. Johnson. * In hugger-
mugger ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, George Steevens, 1809
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transactions of the philological society
Hugger-mugger. 1. By stealth, privately ; without making an appearance. "They —
in hugger-mugger muttered what they durst." — Mirrour for Magistrates. " For God
cannot abide to have his benefites kept secrete in hugger- mugger. — Udal ...
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A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names and ...
The phrase in hugger-mugger 1S now obsolete; the word is used, if at all, as an
adjective; as, huggermugger doings, or an adverb, as, it was all carried on-
hugger-mugger. — And we have done but greenly In hugger-mugger to inter him.
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Encyclopaedia metropolitana: or Universal dictionary of ...
i Hl'GGER- die-muddle, hudder-mudder, hugger-mugger: the mean- NUGGER.
ing will then be ~" Confusedly and dirtily ; and, therefore, thrown out of NOT s'Snt
• consequentially, eoncealedly, covertly, secretly, privily. For God cannot abide to
...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
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Shakspeare's tragedy of Hamlet, with notes, extr. from the ...
Antonius thinking good his testament should be read openly, and also that his
body should be honourably buried, and not in hugger-mugger,' &c. North's
Plutarch, Brutus. ' The straggler shipping his cloth and other commodity in covert
manner ...
William Shakespeare, John Hunter (of Uxbridge), 1865
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On Some Deficiencies in Our English Dictionaries: Being the ...
HUGGER-MUGGER. 1. By stealth, privately; without making an appearance. “
They— in hugger-mugger muttered what they durst.”-—Mirrour for Magistrates. “
For God cannot abide to have his benefites kept secrete in huggermugger.—
Udal ...
Richard Chenevix Trench, 1857
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUGGER-MUGGER»
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hugger-mugger is used in the context of the following news items.
Stephen Mardon Dishes On What Goes Into Creating/Hosting Mock …
... mad tea parties, the Superfan finds a secret box hidden beneath heaps of hidden immunity idols and hugger-mugger tribal council speeches. «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jun 15»
Let's move to Llangollen, Denbighshire
In summer, its hugger-mugger streets resemble Glastonbury-meets-Antiques-Roadshow. Traffic: deep valley roads are your only escape. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Drive safely, protest the protesters (Letter)
So much hugger-mugger! In later years, we had to pay extra to cover all you uninsured drivers' claims. We were not given a choice. Unfair! «MLive.com, May 15»
Clinton emails silent on deadly danger facing Americans in Benghazi
Apart from some hugger-mugger analyses of Libyan politics by Clinton's friend Sidney Blumenthal, there is nothing at all in the emails ... «Washington Examiner, May 15»
Congress plots to pay for a trade deal by raiding Medicare
The Medicare cut is designed as an extension to the 2011 sequester, an economically damaging bit of fiscal hugger-mugger Congress devised ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
Once upon a Caribbean cricket holiday
The noise was about nothing more than the joy of being part of the life of a crowd, its hugger-mugger of laughs and gasps and sighs, ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Apr 15»
Beatnik Repair
All that hugger-mugger people obsessed about for half a decade? This blog covers everything except sports and gardening, unless we find a ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mar 15»
. . . Trio's Engagement and Apologias
... principal exception, also on this program) in the hugger-mugger lurch to 20th-century modernity. Virtually alone among the three generations ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Mar 15»
Trevor Paglen's art includes secure Wi-Fi for viewers
The title “Autonomy Cube” plays on the outmoded idea of the artwork as a special sort of thing disengaged from the hugger-mugger of material ... «SFGate, Mar 15»
ArtsBeat | 'Downton Abbey' Recap: If You Show Me Your Piero Della …
It conveys the hugger-mugger of old and new better than any of the dire pronouncements that keep tumbling out of Mr. Carson's mouth. «New York Times, Jan 15»