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hurly burly

A noisy confusion. To hurl is to throw, and “hurly burly” is 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
Zayd-Arabic
Alfarr-Ancient Scandinavian
Muhemmet-Uyghur
Hrei&Eth;Unn-Ancient Scandinavian
Bernardinaber-nahr-DEE-nahItalian
Vasanti-Indian, Marathi