| helt |
| helter-skelter | (adj) with undue hurry and confusion, Syn. pell-mell, Example: a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause; a pell-mell dash for the train |
| helter-skelter | (adv) haphazardly, Syn. every which way, Example: the books were piled up helter-skelter |
| Helter-skelter | adv. [ An onomat&unr_;poetic word. Cf. G. holter-polter, D. holder de bolder. ] In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Helter-skelter have I rode to thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. J. C. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ] |
