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Skelter

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To rush; hurry; dash along. Compare helter-skelter.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry.
    • Word Usage
    "He blamed Skinner for his etymology for helter-skelter from the Anglo-Saxon words for the darkness of hell: "Hell, says he, being a place of confusion.""
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    belter  felter  helter  kelter  shelter  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    calash  calligrapher  cross-site  greasemonkey  phlegmy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hurry  rus  scurry  
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