Hurly Burly

Definition: Hurly Burly

Hurly Burly

Noun

1. A disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused".

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Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Hurly Burly

Music

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Albanian

shamatë (bedlam, carrying-on, din, hubbub, racket, rumpus, to-do), potere (ado, bedlam, carrying-on, clutter, din, fracas, fray, hoopla, hoot, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, jangle, noise, pandemonium, pother, racket, rowdyism, rumpus, shindy, smash, uproar). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هرج ومرج (astir, bedlam, fuss, helter-skelter, hubbub, pandemonium, shambles), ‏زوبعة سياسية, ‏ضوضاء (brawl, clamor, clamour, clutter, hubbub, hullabaloo, pandemonium, plonk, pother, racket, row, rowdiness, rowdyism, rumpus, shouting, stink, tub-thumping, tumult), ‏ضجيج (crash, din, discord, fuss, horseplay, hubbub, noise, noisiness, racket, riptide, thunder), ‏ضجة سياسية, ‏جلبة (clamor, clamour, clatter, din, fanfare, hubbub, hullabaloo, noise, pandemonium, racket, roar, tumult, uproar). (various references)

Bulgarian 

врява (ado, clamor, clamour, din, discord, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hue, kick up, noise, noisiness, outcry, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, ruckus, rumpus, shine, to-do, tumult, uproar), дандания (hullabaloo, stir). (various references)

Czech

vřava (hubbub, hullabaloo, hurdy gurdy, roar, tumult, turmoil, turnup, uproar), ruch (hustle, rush), rámus (din, fuss, hubbub, noise, pother, racket, roar, row, uproar), lomoz (blare, noise). (various references)

French

tumulte, tohu-bohu, tintamarre, brouhaha (hubbub), bousculade (hurry-scurry, hustle). (various references)

German

trubel (confusion, turbulence, whirlwind), rummel (bustle, fair, fuss, hustle and bustle, racket, shindig, shivaree, whoopee), getriebe (bustle, drive, gear, gear unit, gearbox, gearboxs, gearing, gears, mechanism, movement, transmission, works), getümmel (agitation, riot, tumult, turmoil). (various references)

Hebrew 

שאון (noise, rush, tumult, uproar), �"מול�" (ado, bustle, commotion, din, fray, fussiness, hubbub, hustle, noise, roar, tempest). (various references)

Hungarian

zûrzavar (chaos, clutter, confusion, disorder, embroilment, helter-skelter, huddle, jumble, maze, melee, mess, muddle, muss, pandemonium, snafu, tumult, turbulence), felfordulás (cataclysm, clutter, combustion, commotion, confusion, convulsions, earthquake, hoo-ha, hoopla, huddle, hurly-burly, hurry-skurry, mess, mix, mix-up, muddle, muss, subversion, tangled skein, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, upheaval, upset, upsetting, whoop-de-doo). (various references)

Italian

scompiglio (chaos, confusion, disarray, mess, muddle). (various references)

Pig Latin

urlyhay urlybay.(various references)

Romanian

vacarm (din, hubbub, noise, racket, splatter-dash, splutter, turmoil, uproar), tãrãboi (affray, brawl, broil, fuss, halloo, hullabaloo, kerfuffle, racket, rattle, riot, row, rumpus, shindy, shine, splatter-dash, the devil among the tailors, to-do, uproar), gãlãgie (Babel, bluster, brawling, bustle, clamor, clamour, din, discord, fuss, hubbub, jangle, noise, racket, rattle, rhubarb, rioting, row, stir, to-do, tumult). (various references)

Russian 

сумятица (commotion, hurly-burly, squall). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

urnebes (commotion, hoopla, pandemonium, rumpus), buka (ado, clamor, clamour, din, noise, racket, to-do, tumult, uproar). (various references)

Spanish

tumultuoso (boisterous, tumultuous, uproarious), alboroto (ballyhoo, brawl, commotion, disturbance, fracas, hubbub, mayhem, noise, rampage, riot, rowdiness, turmoil). (various references)

Swedish

våldsam (ferocious, heavy, impetuous, intemperate, intense, passionate, savage, slashing, swingeing, tearing, tremendous, turbulent, vehement, vicious, violent), oväsen (ado, brawl, Caterwaul, clatter, clutter, commotion, din, fray, hubbub, hubub, hullaballoo, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, racket, shindig, shindy), larm (ado, alarm, blusterer, Charivari, clamor, clamour, clangor, clangour, din, hubub, hullabaloo, noise, outcry). (various references)

Turkish

velvele (ballyhoo, fuss, hoi polloi, hubbub, hullabaloo, kerfufle, noise, pucker, racket, riot), karmakarışık (all in a tumble, all mixed up, at sixes and sevens, chaotic, confused, disheveled, dishevelled, embroiled, haywire, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, in complete disorder, intricate, mess, messy, mussy, out of order, pell mell, pellmell, promiscuous, snafu), kargaşa (anarchism, anarchy, Babel, broil, chaos, coil, commotion, confusion, disarray, disorder, disturbance, earthquake, grab bag, moil, muss, pell mell, pellmell, rag bag, riot, rough and tumble, roughhouse, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shemozzle, snarl, sound and fury, squall, storm, tailspin, tempest, tumult, turbulence, uproar, welter), karışıklık (bedlam, bungle, cataclysm, chaos, clamor, clamour, clutter, commotion, complexity, complication, confusion, disarrangement, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disturbance, dogs dinner, embroilment, ferment, fermentation, fray, frenzy, fuss, fuss and kerfufle, grab bag, havoc, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, huddle, hugger mugger, huggermugger, imbroglio, indiscrimination, intricacy, involution, jungle, kerfufle, maziness, mess, mishmash, misrule, mix, mix up, muddle, muss, perturbation, pie, pother, pretty kettle of fish, promiscuity, Ravel, riot, rough and tumble, ruckus, ruction, snafu, snarl, snarl up, stir, swirl, tangle, topsyturvy, topsyturvydom, tumble, turbidity, turbulence, unrest, upheaval, upset, wooliness, woolliness), gürültülü (clamant, clamorous, clangorous, disorderly, hilarious, jazz, knockabout, loud, noisy, rackety, rambunctious, riotous, roaring, robustious, rumbustious, thundering, tumultuary, tumultuous, uproarious, vociferous). (various references)

Ukrainian

сплутаний (confused, matted, perplexed), метушня (ado, alarm, bustle, buzz, clutter, flurry, fuss, helter-skelter, muss, razzle, razzle-dazzle, romps, rough and tumble, splutter, stir, stirabout, to-do, turmoil, whirl), безладний (amorphous, disorderly, dropping, excursive, harum scarum, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hugger mugger, ill disposed, indiscriminate, inordinate, meandering, messy, orderless, outward, pell mell, pellmell, promiscuous, rambling, scrappy, shapeless, topsy turvy, tumultuary), плутанина (boggle, confusion, derangement, embroilment, hubbub, intricacy, involute, jumble, maze, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mix up, muddle, muss, patchwork, pell mell, pellmell, puddle, skein, snarl, snarl up, tangle, wooliness, woolliness). (various references)

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-5 letters: bully, burly, burry, hurly, hurry.