Usually means: Rapid, disorderly haste or confusion.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word skelter:

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  1. skelter: Merriam-Webster
  2. skelter: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Skelter, skelter: Wordnik
  4. skelter: Wiktionary
  5. skelter: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Skelter, skelter: Dictionary.com
  7. skelter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. Skelter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. skelter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Skelter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. skelter: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Skelter: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Skelter: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (skelter)

noun:  A gravity-based device used to store and rotate round food and drink in a first-in-first-out manner.
verb:  (colloquial, with "away" or "off") To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry.

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