SKELTER

Etymology

Verb

skelter (third-person singular simple present skelters, present participle skeltering, simple past and past participle skeltered)

(colloquial, with "away" or "off") To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry.

Anagrams

• Kestler, kelters, kestrel

Source: Wiktionary


Skel"ter, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Helter-skelter.]

Definition: To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off. [Colloq.] A. R. Wallace.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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