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Meaning of "hurly-burly" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HURLY-BURLY

From earlier hurling and burling, rhyming phrase based on hurling in obsolete sense of uproar.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HURLY-BURLY

hurly-burly  [ˈhɜːlɪˈbɜːlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HURLY-BURLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hurly-Burly can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

WHAT DOES HURLY-BURLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hurly-burly in the English dictionary

The definition of hurly-burly in the dictionary is confusion or commotion. Other definition of hurly-burly is turbulent.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HURLY-BURLY


Burghley
ˈbɜːlɪ
Burleigh
ˈbɜːlɪ
burley
ˈbɜːlɪ
burly
ˈbɜːlɪ
curli
ˈkɜːlɪ
curly
ˈkɜːlɪ
early
ˈɜːlɪ
girlie
ˈɡɜːlɪ
girly
ˈɡɜːlɪ
gurly
ˈɡɜːlɪ
hurley
ˈhɜːlɪ
hurly
ˈhɜːlɪ
murly
ˈmɜːlɪ
pearly
ˈpɜːlɪ
surly
ˈsɜːlɪ
swirly
ˈswɜːlɪ
twirly
ˈtwɜːlɪ
whirly
ˈwɜːlɪ
wurley
ˈwɜːlɪ
wurlie
ˈwɜːlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HURLY-BURLY

hurdy-gurdies
hurdy-gurdy
hurl
hurlbarrow
hurler
hurley
hurley stick
hurling
hurly
hurly-burlies
Huron
hurrah
hurray
hurricane
hurricane deck
hurricane lamp
hurricane season
hurricane warning
hurricane-force wind
hurried

WORDS THAT END LIKE HURLY-BURLY

bihourly
clearly
dourly
elderly
fairly
formerly
half-hourly
hourly
nearly
neighbourly
overly
particularly
poorly
properly
quarter-hourly
regularly
savourly
similarly
sourly
unneighbourly

Synonyms and antonyms of hurly-burly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HURLY-BURLY»

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

Translation of «hurly-burly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HURLY-BURLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

喧嚣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bullicio
570 millions of speakers

English

hurly-burly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हालचल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضجيج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сутолоки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tumulto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডামাডোল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tohu-bohu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tergesa-gesa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trubel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生き馬の目を抜くような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hurly - 억센
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hurly-burly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

náo nhiệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hurly- பருத்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्कशपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karmakarışık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scompiglio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozgardiasz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

штовханини
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vacarm
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hurly - εύσωμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verwarring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

villervalla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hurly -burly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hurly-burly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HURLY-BURLY»

The term «hurly-burly» is regularly used and occupies the 80.005 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HURLY-BURLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hurly-burly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hurly-burly» 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 hurly-burly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HURLY-BURLY»

Discover the use of hurly-burly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hurly-burly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Out of the Hurly-Burly: Or Life in an Odd Corner
Out of the Hurly-BurlyOr Life in an Odd CornerByCharles Heber ClarkIllustrated by Arthur B. Frost and Fred. B. Schell
Charles Heber Clark, 2013
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Shakespeare and the Classics
Oedipus similarly calls for Chaos in Phoenissae: miscere cuncta, rapire in exitium omnia (342; 'confound all things, hurty all to destruction'), ot, in Thomas Newton's translation, 'a hurly burly make / Confusedly of eu'ry thinge' (Thebais foL 48r).
Charles Martindale, A. B. Taylor, 2004
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Word Origins...And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone
The -burly of hurly-burly reminds one of Italian burla (ridicule, joke, fun), from which, via French, English has burlesque. There was once an English verb bid ( to pierce, stab) (perhaps also in figurative use ∗“to make snide remarks”?), but the ...
Anatoly Liberman, 2009
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American Hurly-Burly
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Ernest Sutherland Bates, Alan Williams, 2010
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Wittgenstein, Language and Information: "Back to the Rough ...
Not what one person is doing now, but thewhole hurly-burly, isthe background against which wesee an action, and it determines our judgement, our concepts, and our reactions.179 [RPP II §629] Wittgenstein often refers to “background” as an ...
David Blair, 2006
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
'A Hurly-burly, Turbce Tumultus? — Coles's Diet. Clarendon. In Cotgrave, ' Grabuge: f. A great coyle, stirre, garboyle, turmoyle, hurlyburly.' Sh. uses it as an adjective in I Hen. IV : V, i, 78. 'Hurly* is probably-connected with the French hurler, ...
William Shakespeare, 2001
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Umbr(a): Writing
Second Witch: When the hurly-burly's done, When the battle's lost and won.6 What does “hurly-burly” mean here, in the world in which the three witches inhabit, and for the subject of the interpretation? The eternal temptation of applied  ...
Joan Copjec, Lucie Cantin, Sigi Jottkandt, 2010
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Hurly Burly, the Squirrel Next Door
Age Level: 4 - 8 Grade Level: P - 3 Hurly the squirrel is as cute as they come, but would he make a good house guest?
Renata Press, S S Bazinet, 1913
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Out of the Hurly-Burly Or Life in an Odd Corner - the ...
This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Charles Heber Clark, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well.
Charles Heber Clark, 2013
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Macbeth
In thunder, lightning, or in rain? second witch When the hurly-burly's done, When the battle's lost, and won. third witch That will be ere the set of sun. 5 first witch Where the place? second witch Upon the heath. third witch There to meet with ...
William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HURLY-BURLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hurly-burly is used in the context of the following news items.
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German-Chinese Industry 4.0 cooperation entails risks
The question is what such an agreement of good intentions is really worth in the hurly-burly, mercantilist Chinese business world. The history of ... «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
2
Athletics: Padstow teenager Molly all set for international debut …
But plenty of pitfalls await in the hurly-burly of the two-lap event where a shove, push or trip can end medal ambitions in the blink of an eye, ... «Cornish Guardian, Jul 15»
3
As Tales of the Cocktail pours into New Orleans, this Bourbon Street …
Set in the blaring hurly-burly of Bourbon Street, Old Absinthe House can feel very far from the craft cocktail dens, elegant hotel bars and hot ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jul 15»
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Seven tips to survive festival with kids | Music | Entertainment | Daily …
Was the idea of your kids facing the hurly-burly of this summer's New Look Wireless too much to bear? Then Camp Bestival, which offers a way ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
The Watershed: Rollicking road trip with a somber environmental …
The Watershed is almost Shakespearean in length (close to three hours with an intermission) and sweeps us up in a hurly-burly staging with a ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
6
The land where time stood still
In the tiny but spread-out village of Kaapsche Hoop – which positively bulges with character – it is easy to immerse oneself in the hurly-burly of ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
7
Coventry City: Mowbray concerned over 'slight' trialist Ruben Lameiras
"But there are a lot of games in this league where it's very hurly-burly and 100 miles an hour - he's very slight but we're all impressed with his ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
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In life and politics: the more things stay the same, the more we have …
... winter closes in around us, what broad, discernible trends have become apparent now the hurly-burly's done, and the battle lost and won? «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
9
Stand up against domestic violence
This is tormenting as we cannot even imagine the psyche of a sibling and the plight of the mother going through the hurly-burly in domestic ... «Kashmir Images, Jul 15»
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The Rajdeep Sardesai interview: 'Today, you are expected to be a …
... come through the hurly-burly of politics in this country. Similarly, I believe that Lalu Prasad was one of the flag-bearers of the Mandal agitation ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»

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