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   Hel·ter-skel·ter

   /ˌheltərˈskeltər/

   

   adjective

   • 1. involving disorderly haste or confusion: "she had blamed her grogginess on a helter-skelter lifestyle"

   adverb

   • 1. in disorderly haste or confusion: "they were hurtling helter-skelter down the pavement"

   noun

   • 1. disorder; confusion: "the helter-skelter of a school day"
   • 2. a tall spiral slide winding around a tower at a fair. British

   Word Origin late 16th century (as an adverb): a rhyming jingle of unknown origin, perhaps symbolic of running feet or from Middle English skelte ‘hasten’.

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