helter-skelter
51helter-skelter — 1. adverb In confused, disorderly haste 2. adjective Carelessly hurried and confused 3. noun a) …
52helter skelter — Synonyms and related words: a corps perdu, ado, airily, all over, all over hell, amain, anarchic, any old way, any which way, anyhow, apace, arsy varsiness, arsy varsy, ass backwards, at once, balled up, bollixed up, bother, brawl, broil,… …
53helter-skelter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. confused, disorderly. See disorder. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Carelessly] Syn. incautiously, unmindfully, rashly; see carelessly . 2. [Confused] Syn. tumultuous, jumbled, cluttered, harum scarum,… …
54helter-skelter — hel·ter skel·ter || ‚heltÉ™(r) skeltÉ™(r) confused, hasty and disorderly; in a hasty and disorderly fashion, haphazardly …
55helter-skelter — adjective & adverb in disorderly haste or confusion. noun Brit. a tall spiral slide winding around a tower at a fair. Origin C16: a rhyming jingle of unknown origin, perh. symbolic of running feet or from ME skelte hasten …
56helter-skelter — ad. Pell mell, irregularly, disorderly, in disorder, in confusion, precipitately, with precipitancy, at a rush, headlong, hurry skurry, pell mell, head foremost, heels over head …
57helter-skelter — adv 1. pell mell, hurry scurry, harum scarum, wildly; headlong, headfirst, head over heels; rashly, recklessly, precipitately, unwarily, carelessly, heedlessly, injudiciously, thoughtlessly; impetuously, impulsively, hastily, hurriedly. 2.… …
58helter-skelter — hel·ter skel·ter …
59helter-skelter — I ō ā i ane i, ka a i ō ā i ane i, holokē …
60helter-skelter — adv., adj., & n. adv. & adj. in disorderly haste. n. Brit. a tall spiral slide round a tower, at a fairground or funfair. Etymology: imit., orig. in a rhyming jingle, perh. f. ME skelte hasten …
