1. airy-fairy | foolish idealistic and vague |
2. argy-bargy | noisy quarrelling |
3. dilly-dally | dawdle or vacillate |
4. fuddy-duddy | a person who is very old-fashioned and pompous |
5. harum-scarum | reckless; impetuous |
6. helter-skelter | in disorderly haste or confusion |
7. hocus-pocus | meaningless talk used to deceive |
8. hotch-potch | a confused mixture |
9. hoity-toity | haughty |
10. hunky-dory | excellent |
11. hurdy-gurdy | a musical instrument with a droning sound played by turning a handle, with keys worked by the other hand |
12. hurly-burly | boisterous activity |
13. itty-bitty | very small |
14. jiggery-pokery | deceitful or dishonest behaviour |
15. knick-knack | a small object, especially an ornament of little value |
16. mish-mash | a confused mixture |
17. namby-pamby | lacking courage or vigour |
18. pell-mell | in a confused, rushed or disorderly way |
19. pitter-patter | a sound as of quick light steps or taps |
20. riff-raff | disreputable or undesirable people |
21. roly-poly | round and plump |
22. silly-billy | a silly person |
23. teeny-weeny | very small |
24. tell-tale | revealing or betraying something |
25. tip-top | of the very best; excellent |
26. willy-nilly | without direction or planning, haphazardly |
27. wishy-washy | weak or thin; feeble or insipid |
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