helter-skelter

Betekenis (Engels)

Adv

In confused, disorderly haste.

Adj

Carelessly hurried and confused.

Noun

1. Confusion or turmoil.
2. An amusement ride consisting of a slide that spirals down around the exterior of a tapering central tower.

Sinonieme

in disorder

chaotic

pell-mell

topsy-turvy

confused

😕

turmoil

wildly

every which way

confusedly

disrupt

head over heels

hugger-mugger

hurly-burly

in all directions

in confusion

irregular

precipitate

precipitous

tumble

unorganized

hell-for-leather

hustle and bustle

slam-bang

in panic

milling around

at random

lickety split

back and forth

busily

chaotically

confusion

desperately

disordered

disorderly

fuss

headlong

Koppelteken as

hel‧ter-‧skel‧ter

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌhɛltɚˈskɛltɚ/

Etimologie (Engels)

In form a reduplication (similar to hurry-scurry and harum-scarum, both with initial /h-/ and /sk-/); perhaps based on Middle English skelten ("to hasten; to raise an alarm"), or maybe related to Old High German skeltan (“scold”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“make noise, yell”), employed as a fossil word.