skelter
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of skelter
First recorded in 1850–55; probably extracted from helter-skelter
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"It was quite a helter skelter two days."
From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025
Here are five of the high and low points of a ceremony that had more twists and turns than a helter skelter in a hall of mirrors.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2023
Am’s try was the result of a crazy, helter skelter passage of play when Italy intercepted deep in its half and broke all the way downfield.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2019
“Hollywood has this nice little lagoon and with all these boats helter skelter in there, it’s just an eyesore,” said neighbor Ross Frick.
From Washington Times • May 14, 2016
It would be day and the park would be filled with kids, their screaming and laughter would slide along the light beams into the helter skelter world of monkey bars and swings.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
