Usually means: Turbulent, chaotic noise and commotion.
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  1. hurly: Merriam-Webster
  2. hurly: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Hurly, hurly: Wordnik
  4. hurly: Wiktionary
  5. hurly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. hurly: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Hurly, hurly: Dictionary.com
  8. Hurly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Hurly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. hurly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Hurly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. hurly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. hurly: FreeDictionary.org
  14. Hurly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. Hurly: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hurly)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) noise; confusion; uproar
▸ noun:  (Scotland) A wheelbarrow.

Similar:
hurlyburly, hurly-burly, hurl, hubbub, hubbleshow, lurry, uproar, coil, frush, whirr, more...

Opposite:
calm, peaceful, tranquil, serene

Phrases:
hurly burly, hurly burlies, more...

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Similar:
hurlyburly, hurly-burly, hurl, hubbub, hubbleshow, lurry, uproar, coil, frush, whirr, more...

Opposite:
calm, peaceful, tranquil, serene

Phrases:
hurly burly, hurly burlies, more...



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