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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hel•ter-skel•ter /ˈhɛltɚˈskɛltɚ/USA pronunciation adv. - in great haste;
headlong:running helter-skelter all over the house. - in a disorganized manner:clothes scattered helter-skelter about the room.
adj. [before a noun] - carelessly hurried:a helter-skelter rush.
- disorganized;
haphazard.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hel•ter-skel•ter (hel′tər skel′tər),USA pronunciation adv. - in headlong and disorderly haste:The children ran helter-skelter all over the house.
- in a haphazard manner;
without regard for order:Clothes were scattered helter-skelter about the room.
adj. - carelessly hurried;
confused:They ran in a mad, helter-skelter fashion for the exits. - disorderly;
haphazard:Books and papers were scattered on the desk in a helter-skelter manner.
n. - tumultuous disorder;
confusion.
- ?); reduplication with initial h parallel to hubble-bubble, higgledy-piggledy, etc.
- rhyming compound, perh. based on *skelt, Middle English skelten to hasten (1585–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: helter-skelter /ˈhɛltəˈskɛltə/ adj - haphazard or carelessly hurried
adv - in a helter-skelter manner
n - Brit a high spiral slide, as at a fairground
- disorder or haste
Etymology: 16th Century: probably of imitative origin |