English-Thai Dictionary
hurly-burly
N ความ ชุลมุน วุ่นวาย การ เอะอะโวยวาย hubbub
hurly-burly
N ความโกลาหล อลหม่าน การ เอะอะโวยวาย kwam-ko-la-hon-on-la-man
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HURLY-BURLY
Hur "ly-bur `ly, n. Etym: [Reduplicated fr. OE. hurly confusion: cf. F.hurler to howl, yell, L. ululare; or cf. E. hurry. ]
Defn: Tumult; bustle; confusion. Shak. All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly. Knolles.
New American Oxford Dictionary
hurly-burly
hurl y-burl y |ˈhərlē ˌbərlē ˈˌhərli ˈˌbərli | ▶noun busy, boisterous activity: the hurly-burly of school life. ORIGIN Middle English: reduplication based on hurl .
Oxford Dictionary
hurly-burly
hurly-burly |ˈhəːlɪbəːli | ▶noun [ mass noun ] busy, boisterous activity: the hurly-burly of school life. ORIGIN Middle English: reduplication based on hurl .
Oxford Thesaurus
hurly-burly
hurly-burly noun they wanted to escape from the hurly-burly of city life: bustle, hustle, commotion, hubbub, confusion, chaos, disorder, fuss, turmoil, uproar, tumult, turbulence, pandemonium, mayhem, bedlam, furore, brouhaha; upheaval, unrest, disruption, trouble, agitation; informal hoo-ha, hullabaloo, ballyhoo, rumpus; Brit. informal kerfuffle. ANTONYMS calm, order.
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