balagan

Definitions of balagan
  1. noun
    a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian)
    “it was utter and complete balagan!”
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    type of:
    bedlam, chaos, pandemonium, tohubohu, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
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