hurly burly



hurly burly

A noisy confusion. To hurl is to throw, andhurly burlyis based on the image of a mob throwing things around chaotically. The phrase appears in the opening scene of Shakespeare's Macbeth when the witches chant, “When shall we three meet again / In thunder, lightning, or in rain? / When the hurlyburly's done, / When the battle's lost and won.”
See also: burly

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
EstaES-təEnglish
Tushar-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Kazik-Polish
Jared['dʒærid]
Kanta-Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Inma-Spanish