mell

¹

[ mel ]

verb (used with object)

1. to blend; mix; meld.

verb (used without object)

1. to meddle; concern oneself.

mell

²

[ mel ]

noun

1. a heavy hammer; mallet.

verb (used with object)

1. to beat with a mallet; hammer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mell¹

1250–1300; Middle English mellen < Middle French meller; meddle

Origin of mell²

1250–1300; Middle English, variant of mall hammer < Old French mal, mail < Latin malleus

Example Sentences

He pointed to them and began to run pell-mell back to the border, and I followed.

From The Daily Beast

For now, the momentum does appear to be firmly behind the rebel forces in the east and their pell-mell dash through the desert.

From The Daily Beast

We sat down pell-mell, anywhere, I next to Liszt, who kept putting things on my plate.

From Project Gutenberg

The scene beggars description; bags, bundles, bales, boxes are pitched out pell-mell.

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Now, here seemed simple panic: and like a pack of dogs which rush to mangle a mongrel, they were at him pell-mell.

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Her first thought was of the rabbit, and she came running pell-mell across the garden to greet him.

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Toby clapped both hands to his ears, and in a flash the red-headed girl seized Bumper in her arms and ran pell-mell from the room.

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