hurly : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a disorderly outburst or tumult
  to-do; disturbance; kerfuffle; commotion; disruption; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; flutter.
  
  • they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused

WordNet

Hur"ly-bur`ly noun

Etymology

Reduplicated fr. OE. hurly confusion: cf. F. hurler to howl, yell, L. ululare; or cf. E. hurry.

Definitions

1. Tumult; bustle; confusion. Shak.

   All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly. Knolles.

Webster 1913