skelter
[ skel-ter ]
/ ˈskɛl tər /
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verb (used without object)
to scurry.
Nearby words
skellum, skelly, skelm, skelmersdale, skelp, skelter, skelton, skelton, john, sken, skene, skene dhu
Origin of skelter
First recorded in 1850–55; probably extracted from helter-skelter
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Examples from the Web for skelter
There was a swirling and a skelter of brown and yellow leaves at the gap in the lane where we struck across a vegetable garden.
Pushed and the Return Push|George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)The shadow of Helter, Skelter, & Grab lay upon the tea-table.
The Plattner Story and Others|H. G. Wells