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helter-skelter Definition


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helter-skelter
adj
    1. Careless, confused and disorderly.
      Thesaurus: confused, cluttered, haphazard, hit-or-miss, jumbled, muddled, random, topsy-turvy, unsystematic, tumultuous.
adverb
    1. In a careless and disorientated manner; tumultuously.
      Thesaurus: hastily, headlong, hurriedly, impulsively, pell-mell, rashly, recklessly, wildly, higgledy-piggledy.
noun
    (Brit)
    1. A spiral slide down the outside of a tower in a fairground or playground.
Etymology: 16c: a rhyming compound based on 14c skelten to hurry.



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