What does skelter mean?
Definitions for skelter
skel·ter
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Webster Dictionary
Skelterverb
to run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off
Etymology: [Cf. Helter-skelter.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Skelter
skel′tėr, v.i. to hurry or dash along.
Anagrams for skelter »
kestrel
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of skelter in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of skelter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of skelter in a Sentence
It was kind of disjointed in terms of how well we played at some moments and then how helter-skelter and off-keel we played at other moments, that's not what we should be. We know better than that, let's put it that way.
I want to do the right thing for the team. I want to do the right thing for the city, that, to me, is way more important than just acting helter-skelter on emotion. I think we have a history of really looking at the facts and then really doing the right thing.
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