definition of
[helter-skelter]

[1] #1 helter-skelter r. [every which way] haphazardly; "the books were piled up helter-skelter". wn

[2] #2 helter-skelter s. [pell-mell] with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train". wn