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helter-skelter
hel·ter-skel·ter H0139100 (hĕl′tər-skĕl′tər)adv.1. In disorderly haste; confusedly; pell-mell.2. Haphazardly.adj.1. Carelessly hurried and confused.2. Haphazard.n. Turmoil; confusion.
[Origin unknown.]helter-skelter (ˈhɛltəˈskɛltə) adjhaphazard or carelessly hurriedadvin a helter-skelter mannern1. Brit a high spiral slide, as at a fairground2. disorder or haste[C16: probably of imitative origin]hel•ter-skel•ter (ˈhɛl tərˈskɛl tər)
adv. 1. in headlong and disorderly haste. 2. in a haphazard manner; without regard for order: clothes scattered helter-skelter. adj. 3. carelessly hurried. 4. disorderly; haphazard. n. 5. tumultuous disorder; confusion. [1585–95; rhyming compound, perhaps based on *skelt, Middle English skelten to hasten] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | helter-skelter - lacking a visible order or organizationchaoticdisorganised, disorganized - lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate" | | 2. | helter-skelter - with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train"pell-mellhurried - moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job" | | Adv. | 1. | helter-skelter - haphazardly; "the books were piled up helter-skelter"every which way |
helter-skelteradjective1. haphazard, confused, disordered, random, muddled, jumbled, topsy-turvy, hit-or-miss, higgledy-piggledy (informal) another crisis in his helter-skelter existenceadverb1. wildly, rashly, anyhow, headlong, recklessly, carelessly, pell-mell a panic-stricken crowd running helter-skelterhelter-skelteradjectiveCharacterized by physical confusion:chaotic, confused, disordered, higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy, upside-down.Informal: mixed-up.nounAn interruption of regular procedure or of public peace:agitation, commotion, disorder, disturbance, stir, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar.Informal: flap, to-do.Translationshelter-skelter (ˈheltəˈskeltə) adverb in great hurry and confusion. 慌慌張張地，手忙腳亂地 手忙脚乱地，慌张地 helter-skelter
helter-skelter1. adjective Haphazard; chaotic. The campaign has been utterly helter-skelter. They don't even have an official spokesperson, so a lot of contradictory statements have been given by the staff. With such young children, I expected a helter-skelter environment, but the classroom was so orderly.2. adverb Haphazardly; in a chaotic fashion. You can't just throw in ingredients helter-skelter when you're baking. Everything needs to be measured and added at the right time.helter-skelter
Synonyms for helter-skelteradj haphazardSynonyms- haphazard
- confused
- disordered
- random
- muddled
- jumbled
- topsy-turvy
- hit-or-miss
- higgledy-piggledy
adv wildlySynonyms- wildly
- rashly
- anyhow
- headlong
- recklessly
- carelessly
- pell-mell
Synonyms for helter-skelteradj characterized by physical confusionSynonyms- chaotic
- confused
- disordered
- higgledy-piggledy
- topsy-turvy
- upside-down
- mixed-up
noun an interruption of regular procedure or of public peaceSynonyms- agitation
- commotion
- disorder
- disturbance
- stir
- tumult
- turbulence
- turmoil
- uproar
- flap
- to-do
Synonyms for helter-skelteradj lacking a visible order or organizationSynonymsRelated Wordsadj with undue hurry and confusionSynonymsRelated Wordsadv haphazardlySynonyms |