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Meanings of helter-skelter in inglês

espanhol
al azar

Haphazardly.

al azar

Lacking a visible order or organization.

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Sinônimos
Examples for "every which way"
Examples for "every which way"
1
Meanwhile, the ruling regime is trying to have it every which way.
The Guardian
2
Rollo shifted uneasily as they approached, looking every which way but theirs.
Amagansett
3
They hung heavy, their lengths lined up and pointing every which way.
The marrowbone marble company
4
A high-gloss crowd is surging every which way on its wedge boots.
The Irish Times
5
Her curly hair flew every which way, and she looked so weary.
Envoy

With undue hurry and confusion.

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Usage of helter-skelter in inglês
1
Immediately the whole band broke up and rushed helter-skelter in all directions.
Tom Tufton's Travels
2
Tuesday begins a helter-skelter scramble to the finish, especially for the Republicans.
Radio NZ
3
There was a good deal of her mother's helter-skelter explosiveness in her
The Rise of David Levinsky
4
The shelves were stuffed with a helter-skelter collection of books and comics.
IT
5
For an unguessable length of time this helter-skelter process occupied her mind.
The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix
6
Two of the whippersnappers played pivotal roles in a helter-skelter first half.
BBC
7
They set off wildly then, plunging helter-skelter into the silent, heartless wood.
The Extra Day
8
Sometimes, but not very often, she threw them helter-skelter about the room.
The Good Soldier
9
His helter-skelter, full-court, full-time intensity blurs the line between defense and offense.
The new yorker
10
The lines of civilians were driven helter-skelter to cover-where , Idon'tknow.
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
11
Here was another helter-skelter example, and the latest twist in Arsenal's impossible-to-script campaign.
The Irish Times
12
The year of M&A helter-skelter makes this new madness somehow fitting.
Reuters
13
In a helter-skelter second half the South Americans struck back twice.
The Guardian
14
The children came in helter-skelter, tumbling over one another like so many puppies.
The Country Doctor
15
Again are the gorgeous furnishings of the forty rooms thrown helter-skelter.
The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
16
Nobody but he could have twisted and turned in such a helter-skelter fashion.
The Tale of Kiddie Katydid
Frequent collocations
Translations for helter-skelter
espanhol
al azar
Helter-skelter through the time