| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A lack of order or regular arrangement: chaos, clutter, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, jumble, mess, mix-up, muddle, muss, topsy-turviness, tumble. Slang : snafu. See ORDER. | | VERB: | 1. To put into total disorder: ball up, confuse, disorder, jumble, mess up, muddle, snarl2. Slang : snafu. Idioms: play havoc with. See ORDER. 2. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on all fours: clamber. See MOVE. 3. To mix together so as to change the order of arrangement: jumble, shuffle. Games : riffle. See CHANGE, ORDER.
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