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helter-skelter adjective /ˌheltə ˈskeltə(r)/ /ˌheltər ˈskeltər/ [only before noun] jump to other results - done in a hurry and in a way that lacks organization
- a helter-skelter dash to meet the deadline
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHelter-skelter is used with these nouns: See full entry Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adverb): a rhyming jingle of unknown origin, perhaps symbolic of running feet or from Middle English skelte ‘hasten’.
helter-skelter noun /ˌheltə ˈskeltə(r)/ /ˌheltər ˈskeltər/ (British English) jump to other results - a tall tower at a fairground that has a path winding around the outside of it from the top to the bottom for people to slide down
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adverb): a rhyming jingle of unknown origin, perhaps symbolic of running feet or from Middle English skelte ‘hasten’.
helter-skelter adverb /ˌheltə ˈskeltə(r)/ /ˌheltər ˈskeltər/ jump to other results - in a hurry and in a way that lacks organization
- People ran helter-skelter. There were bodies on the ground and the injured were crying.
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