helter-skelter

hel·ter-skel·ter

 (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.

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[Origin unknown.]

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

[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 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

helter-skelter

adjective

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

adverb

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

helter-skelter

adjective

Characterized by physical confusion:

chaotic, confused, disordered, higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy, upside-down.

Informal: mixed-up.

noun

An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace:

agitation, commotion, disorder, disturbance, stir, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar.

Informal: flap, to-do.

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

helter-skelter

[ˌhɛltə^rˈskɛltə^r]

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

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

adv [run] → pêle-mêle

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

helter-skelter

[ˈhɛltəˈskɛltəʳ]

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

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

helter-skelter

(ˈheltəˈskeltə) adverb

in great hurry and confusion. holderstebolder, halsoorkop مُتَفَرِّقين، مُتَبَدِّدين в безпорядък desordenadamente ve zmatku holterdiepolter, schell over hals og hoved; i vild forvirring άτακτα, βιαστικάatropelladamente, 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 holderdebolderhulter til bulter, i vill forvirring na łapu capu وار خطا يى په de roldão talmeş-balmeş как попало trma-vrma, zmätok brezglavo navrat-nanos huller om buller ตะลีตะลาน 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，慌张地