wotd: hugger-mugger

hugger-mugger \HUH-guhr-muh-guhr\, noun:

1. A disorderly jumble; muddle; confusion.

2. Secrecy; concealment.

adjective:

1. Confused; muddled; disorderly.

2. Secret.

adverb:

1. In a muddle or confusion.

2. Secretly.

transitive verb:

1. To keep secret.

intransitive verb:

1. To act in a secretive manner.

All hugger-mugger in the garage, as if I don't know what you're doing there.