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helter-skelter
(encz) | helter-skelter,chaotický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
helter-skelter
(encz) | helter-skelter,neuspořádaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Helter-skelter
(gcide) | 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.]
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Helter-skelter have I rode to thee. --Shak.
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A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof.
--J. C.
Harris.
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helter-skelter
(wn) | helter-skelter
adv 1: haphazardly; "the books were piled up helter-skelter"
[syn: helter-skelter, every which way]
adj 1: lacking a visible order or organization [syn: chaotic,
helter-skelter]
2: with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of
existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the
train" [syn: helter-skelter, pell-mell] |
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