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Definition of Hurly burly
1. Noun. A disorderly outburst or tumult. "They were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
Generic synonyms: Disorder
Specialized synonyms: Convulsion, Turmoil, Upheaval, Earthquake, Incident, Splash, Stir, Storm, Tempest, Storm Center, Storm Centre, Garboil, Tumult, Tumultuousness, Uproar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurly Burly
Literary usage of Hurly burly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Thunder peals, flute-music, the laugh of Pan and the nymphs, the clear disdainful
whisper of cold stoicism, and the hurly-burly of a country fair, ..."
2. Memoirs of the Verney Family by Lady Margaret Maria Williams-Hay Verney (1894)
"0 1 what a hurly-burly is there made. HENRY CROMWELL. 1658-1660. OLIVER CROMWELL
is dead and gone, hut his Highness Richard, the Lord Protector, ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"From a direct imitation of a confused sound. The word hurly-burly is a parallel
formation within the limits of E. itself. ..."
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