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61helter-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,… …
62topsy-turvy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. upside down; disorderly, in a mess. See disorder. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. confused, upside down, disordered, disarranged, disheveled, tangled, muddled, unhinged, out of gear, disorganized, pell… …
63helter-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 …
64fast — I 1. adjective 1) a fast pace Syn: speedy, quick, swift, rapid; fast moving, fast paced, high speed, turbo, sporty; accelerated, express, blistering, breakneck, pell mell; hasty, hurried; informal nippy …
65headlong — adv 1. headforemost, headfirst, head on, diving, in a dive, plunging, in a nose dive. 2. quickly, speedily, hurriedly; promptly, instantly, straightway, Sl. pronto, in a wink, in a jiffy, in a trice, in an instant, double quick, Inf. like greased …
66helter-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.… …
67pêle-mêle — ˈpel|mel archaic variant of pell mell * * * pêle mêle variant of pell mell …
68pall-mall — /pel mel , pal mal , pawl mawl /, n. 1. a game, popular in the 17th century, in which a ball of boxwood was struck with a mallet in an attempt to drive it through a raised iron ring at the end of a playing alley. 2. a playing alley on which this… …
69Pellmell — Pell mell , adv. [F. p[^e]le m[^e]le, prob. fr. pelle a shovel + m[^e]ler to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See {Pell} shovel, {Medley}.] In utter confusion; with confused violence. Men, horses,… …
70pail-mail — Pall mall Pall mall , n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer, fr. L. malleus. See 1st {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.] A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven… …
