Meaning Of The Word Helter-skelter

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helter-skelter
You use helter-skelter to describe something that is hurried and disorganized, especially when things happen very quickly, one after the other.

helter-skelter in American English
anything helter-skelter
hurried and confused; disorderly
in haste and confusion; in a disorderly, hurried manner
adjective: carelessly hurried; confused
adverb: in headlong and disorderly haste
noun: tumultuous disorder; confusion

helter-skelter in British English
adjective: haphazard or carelessly hurried
adverb: in a helter-skelter manner
noun: a high spiral slide, as at a fairground

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