skelter

[ skel-ter ]

verb (used without object)

1. to scurry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of skelter¹

First recorded in 1850–55; probably extracted from helter-skelter

Example Sentences

In its first season, though, it’s weighed down by helter-skelter storytelling that borders on the aimless—and, consequently, renders it a snooze.

From The Daily Beast

The slide wraps around the castle like an old helter skelter and the castle is a play den with turret.

From The Daily Beast

Excerpted from Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry copyright (c) 1974 by Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi.

From The Daily Beast

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.

From Project Gutenberg

These we filled with the remaining seedlings, helter skelter, just for a splash of colour, and watered from the brook itself.

From Project Gutenberg

When he sees anyone coming, he gives a yell that lasts a minute, and then the whole troop sets off helter-skelter.

From Project Gutenberg

Helter-skelter the men rushed out, Tony and his mates in front.

From Project Gutenberg

But it is not only a matter of reaching a systematic instead of a helter-skelter enjoyment of 116 the offerings of the world.

From Project Gutenberg