helter-skelter
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.
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.
tumultuous disorder; confusion.
Origin of helter-skelter
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How to use helter-skelter in a sentence
The slide wraps around the castle like an old helter skelter and the castle is a play den with turret.
Excerpted from Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry copyright (c) 1974 by Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi.
The rest of the folk go helter-skelter thither, the nose of one under the tail of the other; but you follow a wiser fashion.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche | Anatole FranceThese we filled with the remaining seedlings, helter skelter, just for a splash of colour, and watered from the brook itself.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonWhen he sees anyone coming, he gives a yell that lasts a minute, and then the whole troop sets off helter-skelter.
The Animal Story Book | Various
helter-skelter the men rushed out, Tony and his mates in front.
Colonial Born | G. Firth ScottBut it is not only a matter of reaching a systematic instead of a helter-skelter enjoyment of 116 the offerings of the world.
The Women of Tomorrow | William Hard
British Dictionary definitions for helter-skelter
/ (ˈhɛltəˈskɛltə) /
haphazard or carelessly hurried
in a helter-skelter manner
British a high spiral slide, as at a fairground
disorder or haste
Origin of helter-skelter
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