helter-skelteradv.adj.n.v.

/ˈhɛltəˈskɛltə/

Etymology: A jingling expression vaguely imitating the hurried clatter of feet rapidly and irregularly moved, or of many running feet. In its form it resembles hurry-scurry; but the latter is a jingle upon the intelligible hurry, while no satisfactory explanation of helter (other than its echoic suggestiveness) has been offered. Compare also harum-scarum.

colloquial.

A. adv.

In disordered haste; confusedly, tumultuously, pell-mell.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adverb]

pelly mellya1500

ribble-rabble?a1525

confusely1540

huddlea1555

confusedly1566

pell-mell1579

tag-rag1582

helter-skelter1593

promiscuously1593

pell-mell1596

confusively1599

mel-pella1600

promiscually1602

squimble-squamble1611

promiscuous1616

clutteringly1624

promiscously1635

perplexly1670

skimble-skamble1775

skimper-scamper1778

hodge-podge1848

hugger-mugger1880

rumble-jumble1887

muddledly1914

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > hastily or hurriedly > disorderly

huddlea1555

pell-mellc1586

helter-skelter1593

tumultuously1597

huddlingly1615

1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes 27 Helter skelter, feare no colours, course him, trounce him.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pelmell, helterskelter.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 95 Helter skelter, haue I rode to thee, and tidings do I bring.

1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 210 All running helter~skelter, to and again, like mad.

a1704 T. Brown Bantering Declam. in Wks. (1707) I. i. 59 Neither diligently enough, nor carefully..but helter skelter, slapdash, confusedly.

1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xvii. 294 Away we all went, helter skelter, through the dry grass.

B. adj.

Characterized by disorderly haste or headlong confusion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adjective]

confusec1384

yblent1426

intermellé1487

farraginary1538

puddled1559

confused1576

promiscuous1579

pell-mell1584

ravelleda1586

mingle-mangle1589

rumblingc1598

skimble-skamble1598

huddle1601

plundered1601

promiscual1602

jumbled1611

promiscous1656

bedevilled1755

helter-skelter1785

muddly1829

hugger-mugger1840

wildered1853

pied1870

deurmekaar1871

mixed-up1888

screwed-up1942

snafu1942

scrambled1951

untogether1969

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > in disorder

huddling1566

helter-skelter1785

spuffling1893

1785 Span. Rivals 25 'Tis a helter-skelter journey we have taken.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Mad Ox in Poems xv. 89 This helter-skelter crowd.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy iii A wild helter-skelter sort of fellow.

1894 Albion Citizen (Mich.) 290 Something can be done on the harem-scarem helter~skelter plan.

C. n.

a. A helter-skelter run or flight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly

scamper1697

decampment1706

helter-skelter1713

scamperinga1774

run1799

leg-bail1808

bolting1820

bolt1831

absquatulation1839

vamosing1862

hot foot1869

1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 57 Dost think..That, when he proffers Aid and Shelter, Will rudely fall to Helter-Skelter?

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend v. 240 Such a helter-skelter of prayers and sins!

1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember I. xiii. 266 The helter-skelter that ensued..furnished Paris with laughter for days afterwards.

b. (Also helter-skelter lighthouse.) A tower-like structure used in fun fairs and pleasure-grounds, with an external spiral passage for sliding down on a mat.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > other rides

wiggle-waggle1825

helter-skelter lighthouse1906

cakewalk1908

flip-flap1908

ghost train1931

tunnel of love1954

log flume1963

razzle1969

flume1978

1906 Westm. Gaz. 1 June 10/2 The World's Manufacturing Company, examples of whose ‘helter-skelter’ lighthouses are at Earl's Court, Blackpool, Southport, and other places.

1907 Daily Chron. 4 Sept. 2/7 All sorts of fearsome things..from a helter-skelter..to a smashing saloon and a ‘coker nut’ alley.

1927 Sunday Express 5 June 4 They will travel on the merry-go-rounds... They will go down with the mats on the helter-skelter, and up with the swings.

1945 G. Millar Maquis i. 8 I began to feel that I was sitting on a mat on top of a helter-skelter. That somebody would give me a push and I would be away with..nobody at the bottom to pick me up.

1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. 24 Vertical features like the ‘Big Wheel’, ‘Helter Skelter’ and ‘Chair-o-Planes’..are valuable advertising symbols.

†D. v. transitive.

To throw away or off, in disordered haste. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1600 Looke about You sig. E2^v Here are two crackt groates To helter-skelter, at some vawting house.

1782 E. Blower George Bateman III. 116 He has helter-skeltered off his horseman's coat, palmer's weeds, or what not.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	helter-skelter
释义	helter-skelteradv.adj.n.v. /ˈhɛltəˈskɛltə/ Etymology: A jingling expression vaguely imitating the hurried clatter of feet rapidly and irregularly moved, or of many running feet. In its form it resembles hurry-scurry; but the latter is a jingle upon the intelligible hurry, while no satisfactory explanation of helter (other than its echoic suggestiveness) has been offered. Compare also harum-scarum. colloquial. A. adv. In disordered haste; confusedly, tumultuously, pell-mell. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adverb] pelly mellya1500 ribble-rabble?a1525 confusely1540 huddlea1555 confusedly1566 pell-mell1579 tag-rag1582 helter-skelter1593 promiscuously1593 pell-mell1596 confusively1599 mel-pella1600 promiscually1602 squimble-squamble1611 promiscuous1616 clutteringly1624 promiscously1635 perplexly1670 skimble-skamble1775 skimper-scamper1778 hodge-podge1848 hugger-mugger1880 rumble-jumble1887 muddledly1914 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > hastily or hurriedly > disorderly huddlea1555 pell-mellc1586 helter-skelter1593 tumultuously1597 huddlingly1615 1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes 27 Helter skelter, feare no colours, course him, trounce him. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pelmell, helterskelter. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 95 Helter skelter, haue I rode to thee, and tidings do I bring. View more context for this quotation 1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 210 All running helter~skelter, to and again, like mad. a1704 T. Brown Bantering Declam. in Wks. (1707) I. i. 59 Neither diligently enough, nor carefully..but helter skelter, slapdash, confusedly. 1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xvii. 294 Away we all went, helter skelter, through the dry grass. B. adj. Characterized by disorderly haste or headlong confusion. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adjective] confusec1384 yblent1426 intermellé1487 farraginary1538 puddled1559 confused1576 promiscuous1579 pell-mell1584 ravelleda1586 mingle-mangle1589 rumblingc1598 skimble-skamble1598 huddle1601 plundered1601 promiscual1602 jumbled1611 promiscous1656 bedevilled1755 helter-skelter1785 muddly1829 hugger-mugger1840 wildered1853 pied1870 deurmekaar1871 mixed-up1888 screwed-up1942 snafu1942 scrambled1951 untogether1969 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > in disorder huddling1566 helter-skelter1785 spuffling1893 1785 Span. Rivals 25 'Tis a helter-skelter journey we have taken. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Mad Ox in Poems xv. 89 This helter-skelter crowd. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy iii A wild helter-skelter sort of fellow. 1894 Albion Citizen (Mich.) 290 Something can be done on the harem-scarem helter~skelter plan. C. n. a. A helter-skelter run or flight. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly scamper1697 decampment1706 helter-skelter1713 scamperinga1774 run1799 leg-bail1808 bolting1820 bolt1831 absquatulation1839 vamosing1862 hot foot1869 1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 57 Dost think..That, when he proffers Aid and Shelter, Will rudely fall to Helter-Skelter? 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend v. 240 Such a helter-skelter of prayers and sins! 1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember I. xiii. 266 The helter-skelter that ensued..furnished Paris with laughter for days afterwards. b. (Also helter-skelter lighthouse.) A tower-like structure used in fun fairs and pleasure-grounds, with an external spiral passage for sliding down on a mat. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > other rides wiggle-waggle1825 helter-skelter lighthouse1906 cakewalk1908 flip-flap1908 ghost train1931 tunnel of love1954 log flume1963 razzle1969 flume1978 1906 Westm. Gaz. 1 June 10/2 The World's Manufacturing Company, examples of whose ‘helter-skelter’ lighthouses are at Earl's Court, Blackpool, Southport, and other places. 1907 Daily Chron. 4 Sept. 2/7 All sorts of fearsome things..from a helter-skelter..to a smashing saloon and a ‘coker nut’ alley. 1927 Sunday Express 5 June 4 They will travel on the merry-go-rounds... They will go down with the mats on the helter-skelter, and up with the swings. 1945 G. Millar Maquis i. 8 I began to feel that I was sitting on a mat on top of a helter-skelter. That somebody would give me a push and I would be away with..nobody at the bottom to pick me up. 1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. 24 Vertical features like the ‘Big Wheel’, ‘Helter Skelter’ and ‘Chair-o-Planes’..are valuable advertising symbols. †D. v. transitive. To throw away or off, in disordered haste. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1600 Looke about You sig. E2^v Here are two crackt groates To helter-skelter, at some vawting house. 1782 E. Blower George Bateman III. 116 He has helter-skeltered off his horseman's coat, palmer's weeds, or what not. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adv.adj.n.v.1593
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