higgledy-piggledy

2 definitions found

higgledy-piggledy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Higgledy-piggledy \Hig`gle*dy-pig"gle*dy\, adv.
     In confusion; topsy-turvy. [Colloq.] --Johnson.
     [1913 Webster]

higgledy-piggledy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  higgledy-piggledy
      adv 1: in a disordered manner; "they were piled up higgledy-
             piggledy" [syn: higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy]
      adj 1: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn:
             disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger,
             jumbled, topsy-turvy]