HELTER-SKELTER


Meaning of HELTER-SKELTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ heltə(r) skeltə(r) ]

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

He now faces another crisis in his helter-skelter existence.

ADJ : ADJ n

Helter-skelter is also an adverb.

...a panic-stricken crowd running helter-skelter to get away from the tear gas.

ADV : ADV after v

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