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Definition of helter-skelter adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

helter-skelter

adjective
 
/ˌheltə ˈskeltə(r)/
 
/ˌheltər ˈskeltər/
[only before noun]
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  1. done in a hurry and in a way that lacks organization
    • a helter-skelter dash to meet the deadline
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHelter-skelter is used with these nouns:
    • ride
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adverb): a rhyming jingle of unknown origin, perhaps symbolic of running feet or from Middle English skelte ‘hasten’.
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