English-Thai Dictionary

helter-skelter

ADJ ซึ่ง วุ่นวาย  ซึ่ง สับสน  chaotic disordered unorganized orderly well-ordered sueng-wun-wai

 

helter-skelter

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่มี การวางแผน  ซึ่ง ไม่มี การ เตรียมการณ์  sueng-mai-me-kan-wang-paen

 

helter-skelter

ADV อย่าง ยุ่งเหยิง ไร้ ระเบียบ  อย่าง อุตลุด 

 

helter-skelter

ADV อย่าง วุ่นวาย  อย่าง สับสน  yang-wun-wai

 

helter-skelter

ADV อย่าง ไม่มี การวางแผน  อย่าง ไม่มี การ เตรียมการณ์  sueng-mai-me-kan-wang-paen

 

helter-skelter

N ความยุ่งเหยิง  ความไม่มีระเบียบ  ความ สับสน  kwam-yung-yeng

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HELTER-SKELTER

cant words denoting hurry and confusion. [L. hilariter and celeriter.]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HELTER-SKELTER

Hel "ter-skel "ter, adv. Etym: [An onomatholter-polter, D. holder de bolder.]

 

Defn: In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly. [Colloq. ] Helter-skelter have I rode to thee. Shak. A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. J. C. Harris.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

helter-skelter

hel ter-skel ter |ˌheltər ˈskeltər ˌheltərˈskeltər | ▶adjective & adverb in disorderly haste or confusion: [ as adj. ] : she had blamed her grogginess on a helter-skelter lifestyle | [ as adv. ] : hurtling helter-skelter down the pavement. ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] disorder; confusion: the helter-skelter of a school day. 2 Brit. a tall spiral slide winding around a tower at a fair. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (as an adverb ): a rhyming jingle of unknown origin, perhaps symbolic of running feet or from Middle English skelte ‘hasten. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

helter-skelter

helter-skelter |ˌhɛltəˈskɛltə | ▶adjective & adverb in disorderly haste or confusion: [ as adj. ] : the helter-skelter dash to unity | [ as adv. ] : hurtling helter-skelter down the pavement. ▶noun 1 Brit. a fairground amusement consisting of a tall spiral slide winding around a tower. 2 [ in sing. ] disorder; confusion: the helter-skelter of a school day. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (as an adverb ): a rhyming jingle of unknown origin, perhaps symbolic of running feet or from Middle English skelte ‘hasten ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

helter-skelter

helter-skelter adverb they ran helter-skelter down the hill: headlong, pell-mell, hotfoot, posthaste, hastily, hurriedly, at full tilt, hell-bent for leather; recklessly, precipitately, heedlessly, wildly; informal like a bat out of hell, like the wind, like greased lightning, lickety-split. ▶adjective a helter-skelter collection of houses: disordered, disorderly, chaotic, muddled, jumbled, untidy, haphazard, disorganized, topsy-turvy; informal higgledy-piggledy. ANTONYMS orderly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

helter-skelter

helter-skelter adverb the children ran helter-skelter down the valley: headlong, pell-mell, hotfoot, post-haste, hastily, in a hurry, hurriedly, as fast as possible, as quickly as possible, at full speed, at full pelt, at full tilt, hell for leather, recklessly, precipitately, impetuously, impulsively, carelessly, heedlessly, wildly; informal like a bat out of hell, at a lick, like the wind, like greased lightning, like a bomb, like mad, like crazy, like blazes; Brit. informal like the clappers, at a rate of knots, like billy-o; N. Amer. informal lickety-split; literary apace, hurry-scurry. ANTONYMS at moderate speed. ▶adjective the village was a helter-skelter collection of dwellings: disordered, disorderly, chaotic, muddled, jumbled, untidy, haphazard, disorganized, unorganized, disarranged, topsy-turvy; in a mess, in a muddle, in a shambles, at sixes and sevens, out of order; informal higgledy-piggledy, all over the place; Brit. informal shambolic, all over the shop; N. Amer. informal all over the map, all over the lot; rare orderless. ANTONYMS orderly.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

helter-skelter

hel ter-skel ter /hèltə r skéltə r /副詞 あわてふためいて, 大あわてで, ろうばいして, 大混乱して .形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗あわてふためいた ; ろうばいした, 大混乱の .名詞 C ｟英 ｠(遊園地などの )らせん式すべり台 .