Definitions of pell-mell [ˈpɛlˈmɛl]

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Definition of 'pell-mell'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adv.) pell-mell
in a recklessly hurried manner.

2.  pell-mell
in a disordered mass.

3. (adj.) pell-mell
disorderly or confused.

4.  pell-mell
overhasty or precipitate; rash.

5. (n.) pell-mell
a jumbled mass, crowd, etc.

6.  pell-mell
disorderly, headlong haste.

Etymology: (1570–80; < MF pelemele, OF pesle mesle, rhyming compound based on mesler to mix. See meddle)

Definition of 'pell-mell'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (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"

2. (adverb) harum-scarum, pell-mell
in a wild or reckless manner
"dashing harum-scarum all over the place"; "running pell-mell up the stairs"

Definition of 'pell-mell'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) pell-mell
see Pall-mall

Translation of 'pell-mell'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: quickly and in disorder or great confusion The children rushed in pell-mell.
Afrikaans: holderstebolder	Arabic: شَذَر مَذَر، بِفَوْضى	Bulgarian: безразборно
Brazilian: de roldão	Czech: zmateně, sem a tam	German: durcheinander
Danish: hovedkulds	Greek: φύρδην μίγδην	Spanish: atropelladamente
Estonian: uisapäisa	Farsi: باشتاب؛ با بینظمی	Finnish: suin päin
French: pêle-mêle	Hebrew: בְּעִרבּוּביָה	Hindi: हड़बड़ी से, अव्यवस्थित रू
Croatian: navrat-nanos, u neredu	Hungarian: összevissza	Indonesian: tunggang langgang
Icelandic: í óreiðu/einni bendu	Italian: disordinatamente	Japanese: わっと
Korean: 허둥지둥, 뒤죽박죽으로	Lithuanian: padrikai, netvarkingai	Latvian: pa galvu pa kaklu
Malay: pontang-panting	Dutch: door elkaar	Norwegian: hulter til bulter; hals o
Polish: bezładnie	Persian: باشتاب؛ با بینظمی	Pashto: په ګډه وډه توګه، په وارخط
Portuguese: de roldão	Romanian: în dezordine	Russian: беспорядочно;сломя голову
Slovak: sem a tam	Slovenian: križem kražem	Serbian: užurbano
Swedish: huller om buller	Thai: ยุ่งเหยิง	Turkish: paldır küldür, telâşla
Taiwanese: 混亂地	Ukrainian: стрімголов; упереміш	Urdu: افراتفري ميں، گڈمڈ ہو کر
Vietnamese: hỗn loạn	Chinese: 混乱地
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