helter-skelter

hel·ter-skel·ter  (hltr-skltr)

adv.

1. In disorderly haste; confusedly; pell-mell.

2. Haphazardly.

adj.

1. Carelessly hurried and confused.

2. Haphazard.

n.

Turmoil; confusion.

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helter-skelter [ˈhɛltəˈskɛltə]

adj

haphazard or carelessly hurried

adv

in a helter-skelter manner

n

1. Brit a high spiral slide, as at a fairground

2. disorder or haste

[probably of imitative origin]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	helter-skelter - lacking a visible order or organization chaotic disorganised, 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-mell hurried - 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

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helter-skelter

adjective

haphazard, confused, disordered, random, muddled, jumbled, topsy-turvy, hit-or-miss, higgledy-piggledy (informal) another crisis in his helter-skelter existence

adverb

wildly, rashly, anyhow, headlong, recklessly, carelessly, pell-mell a panic-stricken crowd running helter-skelter

Translations

helter-skelter [ˈheltəˈskeltəʳ]

A. ADV (= in a rush) → atropelladamente; (= in confusion) → a la desbandada

B. N

1. (Brit) (at fair) → tobogán m

2. (= rush) → desbandada f general

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helter-skelter [ˌhɛltə^rˈskɛltə^r]

n (British) (at amusement park) → toboggan m

adj (= chaotic) [existence] → désordonné(e)

adv [run] → pêle-mêle

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helter-skelter

adj → wild; account → chaotisch; the last minute helter-skelter rush for the bus → die wilde Hetze in letzter Minute, um den Bus zu erwischen

adv run, rush → Hals über Kopf (inf)

n

(Brit, in fairground) → spiralförmige Rutschbahn

(= disorder) → wildes Durcheinander; (= haste) → wilde Hetze

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helter-skelter [ˈhɛltəˈskɛltəʳ]

1. adv → in fretta e furia, in quattro e quattr'otto

2. n (Brit) (in funfair) → scivolo (a spirale)

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helter-skelter [ˈhɛltəˈskɛltəʳ]

1. adv → in fretta e furia, in quattro e quattr'otto

2. n (Brit) (in funfair) → scivolo (a spirale)

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helter-skelter

adv helter-skelter [ˈheltəˈskeltə]

in great hurry and confusion. holderstebolder, halsoorkop مُتَفَرِّقين، مُتَبَدِّدين в безпорядък ve zmatku over hals og hoved; i vild forvirring holterdiepolter, schell άτακτα, βιαστικά atropelladamente, a la desbandada ülepeakaela با دستپاچگی päätäpahkaa en désordre בְּחִפָּזוֹן וּבְבִּלבּוּל अस्त-व्यस्त navrat-nanos, nasumce összevissza kalut út og suður; asi, öngþveiti in fretta e furia, alla rinfusa あたふたと 허둥거리는 pakrikai, bet kaip pa galvu pa kaklu lintang-pukang holderdebolder hulter til bulter, i vill forvirring na łapu capu de roldão talmeş-balmeş как попало trma-vrma, zmätok brezglavo navrat-nanos huller om buller ซึ่งไม่มีการวางแผน aceleyle, apar topar 慌慌張張地，手忙腳亂地 похапцем, безладно الٹا پلٹا tán loạn; hỗn loạn 手忙脚乱地