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Definition of Skelter
1. v. i. To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off.
Definition of Skelter
1. to scurry [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: scurry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skelter
Literary usage of Skelter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"... helter-skelter—coaches, cabriolets, barouches, buggies, flying over the roads,
as though all Fairfax were mad. " Ah, Fear! ah, frantic Fear! ..."
2. The Continental Monthly (1862)
"HELTER-skelter PAPERS. Is choosing a caption for the heterogeneous collection of
reflections ... skelter ..."
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