skelter

American  

[skel-ter] / ˈskɛl tər /

verb (used without object)

1. to scurry.

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Etymology

Origin of skelter

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

Example Sentences

This single has the most appearances by actual Beatles songs you’d recognize: “Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da,” “Helter Skelter,” “Birthday” and “Yer Blues.”

From Salon

In 1992, the landmark “Helter Skelter: L.A. Art in the ‘90s” looked forward, not backward, inventing history.

From Los Angeles Times

"It was quite a helter skelter two days."

From Barron's

That would be Hopwood DePree, now 55, an actor, screenwriter, producer and director whose credits include a role in the 2004 TV movie “Helter Skelter.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The advantage of the smallness, of course, was that you could really hear what McCartney and his longtime backup band were doing up there: the folky campfire vocal harmonies in “I’ve Just Seen a Face,” the propulsive groove driving “Get Back,” the barely organized chaos of a downright raunchy “Helter Skelter.”

From Los Angeles Times