HELTER-SKELTER


Meaning of HELTER-SKELTER in English

adv., adj., & n.

--adv. & adj. in disorderly haste.

--n. Brit. a tall spiral slide round a tower, at a fairground or funfair.

Etymology: imit., orig. in a rhyming jingle, perh. f. ME skelte hasten

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.