Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Noisy confusion; tumult.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Tumult; bustle; confusion.
- noun The last; the lag: a term very commonly used among young people.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Tumult; bustle; confusion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
hurlyburly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a disorderly outburst or tumult
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In this company the 18-year-old was at ease, and unlike Walcott when he joined the club – also from Southampton – Oxlade-Chamberlain has the muscles and build for the hurly-burly of the elite game.
Arsenal v Manchester City: five things we learned | Jamie Jackson 2011
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Radio 5 Live has been excelling itself with some reflective features far from the madding crowd of its usual breathless hurly-burly.
Sport in celluloid: Why Raging Bull lacks punch of Chariots of Fire | Frank Keating 2011
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As I often point out, I appreciate how difficult it is to choose words carefully in the hurly-burly of live commentary, but I feel Clive would give himself more chance if he were to pause for breath once in a while.
Feeling the tug and pull of nonstop talk | Martin Kelner 2011
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But at this time of year, amid the hurly-burly of last-minute present-buying and travel, I do tend to calm down and think like one.
Ingrid Newkirk: 2011 a Banner Year for Animals Ingrid Newkirk 2011
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Rules of etiquette often don't apply to the hurly-burly of the social chapter of the online world.
Weblogs Maxine 2009
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But in the hurly-burly of gala preparations, this idea had fallen through the cracks.
Susan Dormady Eisenberg: The Night Lena Horne Rescued the Joffrey Ballet: A Birthday Tribute Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011
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But in the hurly-burly of gala preparations, this idea had fallen through the cracks.
Susan Dormady Eisenberg: The Night Lena Horne Rescued the Joffrey Ballet: A Birthday Tribute Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011
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But in the hurly-burly of gala preparations, this idea had fallen through the cracks.
Susan Dormady Eisenberg: The Night Lena Horne Rescued the Joffrey Ballet: A Birthday Tribute Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011
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But in the hurly-burly of gala preparations, this idea had fallen through the cracks.
Susan Dormady Eisenberg: The Night Lena Horne Rescued the Joffrey Ballet: A Birthday Tribute Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011
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A lightning-fast, skilful and occasionally violent hurly-burly blur of whirring limbs and flailing, splintering timber in which all 30 players take to the field simultaneously armed with wooden clubs, hurling is not actually as dissimilar to cricket as you'd think.
Ireland expected England to hurl abuse in defeat, not throw flowers | Barry Glendenning 2011
oroboros commented on the word hurly-burly
Also: hurlyburly.
November 26, 2007