Definitions of helter-skelter [ˈhɛl tərˈskɛl tər]

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Definition of 'helter-skelter'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adv.) helter-skelter
in headlong and disorderly haste.

2. helter-skelter
in a haphazard manner; without regard for order:
clothes scattered helter-skelter.

3. (adj.) helter-skelter
carelessly hurried.

4. helter-skelter
disorderly; haphazard.

5. (n.) helter-skelter
tumultuous disorder; confusion.

Etymology: (1585–95; rhyming compound, perh. based on *skelt, ME skelten to hasten)

Definition of 'helter-skelter'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) chaotic, helter-skelter
lacking a visible order or organization

2. (adverb) helter-skelter, pell-mell
with undue hurry and confusion
"a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train"

3. (adverb) helter-skelter, every which way
haphazardly
"the books were piled up helter-skelter"

Definition of 'helter-skelter'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) helter-skelter
in hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly

Translation of 'helter-skelter'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: in great hurry and confusion.
Afrikaans: holderstebolder, halsoork	Arabic: مُتَفَرِّقين، مُتَبَدِّدي	Bulgarian: в безпорядък
Brazilian: desordenadamente	Czech: ve zmatku	German: holterdiepolter, schell
Danish: over hals og hoved; i vil	Greek: άτακτα, βιαστικά	Spanish: atropelladamente, a la de
Estonian: ülepeakaela	Farsi: با دستپاچگی	Finnish: päätäpahkaa
French: en désordre	Hebrew: בְּחִפָּזוֹן וּבְבִּלבּוּ	Hindi: अस्त-व्यस्त
Croatian: navrat-nanos, nasumce	Hungarian: összevissza	Indonesian: kalut
Icelandic: út og suður; asi, öngþvei	Italian: in fretta e furia, alla r	Japanese: あたふたと
Korean: 허둥거리는	Lithuanian: pakrikai, bet kaip	Latvian: pa galvu pa kaklu
Malay: lintang-pukang	Dutch: holderdebolder	Norwegian: hulter til bulter, i vill
Polish: nałapu capu	Persian: با دستپاچگی	Pashto: وار خطا يى په
Portuguese: de roldão	Romanian: talmeş-balmeş	Russian: как попало
Slovak: trma-vrma, zmätok	Slovenian: brezglavo	Serbian: navrat-nanos
Swedish: huller om buller	Thai: ตะลีตะลาน	Turkish: aceleyle, apar topar
Taiwanese: 慌慌張張地，手忙腳亂地	Ukrainian: похапцем, безладно	Urdu: الٹا پلٹا
Vietnamese: tán loạn; hỗn loạn	Chinese: 手忙脚乱地，慌张地
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