helter-skelter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: helter-skelter	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for helter-skelter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
helter-skelter adv haphazardly; "the books were piled up helter-skelter" Synonym(s): helter-skelter, every which way adj lacking a visible order or organization [syn: chaotic, helter-skelter] with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train" Synonym(s): helter-skelter, pell-mell
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helter-skelter \Hel"ter-skel"ter\, adv. [An onomat[?]poetic word. Cf. G. holter-polter, D. holder de bolder.] In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly. [Colloq.] Helter-skelter have I rode to thee. --Shak. A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. --J. C. Harris.