helter-skelter

Meanings

Adverb

In confused, disorderly haste

Adjective

Carelessly hurried and confused

Noun

confusion or turmoil
A helical fairground slide

Origin

Likely onomatopoeic; with Middle English skelten ("to hasten"), or maybe related to Old High German skeltan ("scold") from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- ("make noise, yell"), employed as a fossil word.

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