See Also: higgledy-piggledy(dictionary)
higgledy-piggledy(dictionary)
recruit(medicine)
recruit(1)(dictionary)
recruit(2)(dictionary)
RECRUIT(law)
recruit 1, verb(dictionary)
recruit 2, noun(dictionary)
spawner-recruit model(medicine)

higgledy-piggledy (iou) and recruit(2) (iou)


higgledy-piggledy (iou)



higgledy-piggledy adverb, noun, & adjective. L16.
[Rhyming jingle prob. based on PIG noun1 with ref. to swine herding together.]
A. adverb. Without any order of position or direction; in utter confusion or disorder. L16.
J. L. Waten The new-comers' wagon was piled higgledy-piggledy with stretchers, chairs, wooden boxes, pots and pans.
b. noun. A confusion; a disorderly jumble. M17.
C. adjective. Void of order or regular plan; confused, jumbled. M19.
L. Edel The entire work..offers us the data in higgledy-piggledy disorder.

recruit(2) (iou)



recruit verb. M17.
[French recruter, formed as RECRUIT noun.]
I. verb trans.
Reinforce, supplement, or keep up the number of (a class of people or things). M17.
Replenish (with). Now rare. M17.
Refresh, reinvigorate; renew; strengthen, sustain, (a quality). M17.
J. Aiken Going into the country..to recruit her strength after so much nursing.
Enlist as a recruit in one of the armed forces; obtain as a new employee or member of an organization etc. Also, form (a regiment etc.) by enlisting recruits. E19.
recruiting agent, recruiting officer, recruiting sergeant, etc.
L. Deighton You recruit ordinary people to become spies. G. Sayer The Oxford City Home Guard Battalion was being recruited to repel German troops.
b. (Attempt to) induce (an athlete) to sign on as a student at a college or university. US. E20.
Tucson (Arizona) Citizen He was one of the state's most highly recruited athletes..with every major college..after him.
c. Physiology. Bring (additional muscle fibres or muscular activity) into play by the recruitment of their neurones. M20.
II. verb intrans.
Get or seek recruits. M17.
Recover one's vigour or Health; follow a regime aimed at achieving this. M17.
L. Strachey To recruit for two months at Scarborough, 'with a course of quinine'.
Recoup outlay or expenditure. L17-E18.
recruitable adjective (earlier in UNRECRUITABLE) L19.
recruital noun (a) a new or fresh supply; (b) restoration to Health: M17.
recruiter noun (a) Hist. an additional Member of Parliament, appointed or elected to bring up the number; (b) a person who or thing which recruits, esp. soldiers or employees: M17.