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helter-skelter - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'helter-skelter' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Helter-skelter [ adv.]
- In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly.

Meaning of 'helter-skelter' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . helter-skelter [ r]
Meaning (1):
- haphazardly
Example in sentence:
  • the books were piled up helter-skelter
2 . helter-skelter [ s]
Meaning (2):
- with undue hurry and confusion
Example in sentence:
  • a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause;
  • a pell-mell dash for the train

Nearby Words:

helamys helcoplasty held hele helena helenin heliac heliacal heliacally helianthin

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