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noun
- 1. busy, boisterous activity: "the hurly-burly of school life"
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The meaning of HURLY-BURLY is uproar, tumult. How to use hurly-burly in a sentence.
noun [ U ] uk / ˈhɜː.liˌbɜː.li / us / ˈhɝː.liˌbɝː.li / Add to word list. noisy activity: hurly-burly of We got tired of the hurly-burly of city life, so we moved to the country. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Noise & noisy. abuzz. bang something out. barky. bash something out. blast. boisterously. brouhaha. cacophony. clatter.
Hurly-burly definition: noisy disorder and confusion; commotion; uproar; tumult.. See examples of HURLY-BURLY used in a sentence.
If you talk about the hurly-burly of a situation, you are emphasizing how noisy or busy it is. [ emphasis ] No one expects him to get involved in the hurly-burly of campaigning.
noun [ U ] us / ˈhɝː.liˌbɝː.li / uk / ˈhɜː.liˌbɜː.li / Add to word list. noisy activity: hurly-burly of We got tired of the hurly-burly of city life, so we moved to the country. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Noise & noisy. abuzz. bang something out. barky. bash something out. blast. boisterously. brouhaha. cacophony. clatter.
A hurly burly is a hubbub or commotion. There’s the hurly burly of the schoolyard, or the hurly burly of a food fight. When there’s a hurly burly, things have gone totally higgledy-piggledy.
Definition of hurly-burly noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define hurly-burly. hurly-burly synonyms, hurly-burly pronunciation, hurly-burly translation, English dictionary definition of hurly-burly. n. pl. hur·ly-bur·lies Noisy confusion; tumult.
a very noisy and busy activity or situation He enjoys the hurly-burly of political debate.
If you talk about the hurly-burly of a situation, you are emphasizing how noisy or busy it is.
