skelter

[ skel-ter ]

/ ˈskɛl tər /

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verb (used without object)

to scurry.

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Origin of skelter

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

Words nearby skelter

skellum, skelly, skelm, Skelmersdale, skelp, skelter, Skelton, sken, skene, skene dhu, skep

How to use skelter in a sentence

The slide wraps around the castle like an old helter skelter and the castle is a play den with turret.
OMG I Want That ...Nursery (Royal Edition)|Tom Sykes|May 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Excerpted from Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry copyright (c) 1974 by Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi.
My Battle With Manson|Vincent Bugliosi|August 7, 2009|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.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche|Anatole France
These 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 Eaton

When 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 Scott
But 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