Higgledy Piggledy

Word HIGGLEDY PIGGLEDY
Character 17
Hyphenation hig gle dy-pig gle dy
Pronunciations /ˈhɪɡəldiˌpɪɡəldi/

Definitions and meanings of "Higgledy Piggledy"

What do we mean by higgledy piggledy?

In utter disorder or confusion. adverb

Topsy-turvy; jumbled. adjective

In confusion; in a disorderly manner; topsy-turvy.

Confused; tumbled; disorderly.

Confusion; disorder. noun

In confusion; topsy-turvy. adverb

In utter disorder or confusion; mixed up. adjective

In a confused, disordered, or random way. adverb

In a disordered manner adverb

In utter disorder adjective

A disordered jumble; a confusion.

Means dazed and confused. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Higgledy Piggledy

The word "higgledy-piggledy" in example sentences

In the previous post I ran through the precedents of the story, but sticking all of those ideas together higgledy-piggledy would be a mess. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A crowded convention center floor, clearly, is not place to display or look at art works, mixed higgledy-piggledy with thousands of others, all of wildly divergent quality which ranges from the schlockiest of schlock to the occasional surprising new discovery or the familiar masterpiece. ❋ Peter Clothier (2011)

Turpin Real Estate Ms. Higgins said the additions that were tacked on over the years by previous owners made the house 'a little higgledy-piggledy.' ❋ Maya Pope-Chappell (2011)

For a while I hovered above the town’s higgledy-piggledy houses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is a classic Gehry structure, formed from undulating polished steel and tumbling blocks of brushed aluminium that reminds Berners-Lee, he tells me, of the higgledy-piggledy Italian village one of his relatives grew up in. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Back in the 1990s a friend, tired of the usual fan's attempts to bring about victory for Middlesbrough using the paraphernalia of lucky clothing and the like and, to be honest, during the higgledy-piggledy reign of Bryan Robson even Imelda Marcos would have exhausted her wardrobe in pursuit of something that would halt a post‑Christmas slump, determined on what appeared a foolproof scheme – a retrospectively effective charm. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Your room is a little higgledy-piggledy and could use a bit of tailored neatness. ❋ Sara Ruffin Costello (2010)

At the moment I have left the list higgledy-piggledy, like a jumble sale of books, as it appealed to me that way. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This once "higgledy-piggledy" historic home in the Township of Morris, N.J., was given a more coherent layout by the current owners. ❋ Maya Pope-Chappell (2011)

I mean to level the skyline, modernising the structure; it has a disorganised higgledy-piggledy feel at the moment—not surprising, as it has been rebuilt relentlessly during the last eight centuries. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

At the York complex, manufacturing operations that used to be spread higgledy-piggledy around more than 20 buildings have been funneled into one main factory. ❋ James R. Hagerty (2011)

They have a sense of style that the old delis never had, festooned as they were with sausages and hams like Christmas decorations, tottering ziggurats of boxes of biscuits, cheeses plonked higgledy-piggledy inside a primitive chill cabinet. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's a higgledy-piggledy collection of gables in wood and steel, set with windows at random intervals, and placed on top of a vast living room-cum-kitchen, all four sides of which are glazed from floor to ceiling, so that everything the tenants do will be visible from a popular beach on one side and a fairly busy road on the other. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But those who liked the higgledy-piggledy and grimy nature of the baths need not fear. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Miranda's higgledy-piggledy castle of fun is built on instinct rather than theory. ❋ Phil Hogan (2010)

But his friend looked at the book, and saw only a patchwork of dull grey bits and bobs all jumbled higgledy-piggledy, and held together -- but only just -- by slender threads of golden technique that snapped if you as much as touched them. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

The Post Road can be seen as a rough American equivalent of the Great Wall of China, i.e., not a carefully planned and constructed creation but one put together higgledy-piggledy, with pieces here and there that sometimes connected and sometimes did not. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This [person] had a higgledy-piggledy [moment]. ❋ Bitch245 (2022)

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