hurly burly

hurly burly
    n 1: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the
         furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: {disturbance},
         {disruption}, {commotion}, {flutter}, {hurly burly}, {to-
         do}, {hoo-ha}, {hoo-hah}, {kerfuffle}]
    

78 Moby Thesaurus words for "hurly burly":
      ado, agitation, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, brouhaha, bustle,
      churn, clamor, commotion, conturbation, discomposure, disorder,
      disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, ebullience, ebullition, eddy,
      effervescence, embroilment, excitement, feery-fary, ferment,
      fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgets, flap, flurry, fluster,
      flutteration, foment, fume, fuss, hassle, hubbub, hurry,
      hurry-scurry, inquietude, jitters, jumpiness, maelstrom, malaise,
      moil, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, pell-mell, perturbation,
      pother, restlessness, roil, rout, row, ruffle, seethe, seething,
      stir, swirl, swirling, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, tumult,
      tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease,
      unrest, uproar, upset, vortex, whirl, yeastiness