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Skelter


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They had started with a short field after Terrelle Thomas intercepted Terrelle Pryor, taking the ball back on a helter-skelter return which ended with the defender fumbling the ball at the Oakland five-yard line, only for officials to rule that he had been down by contact.
  • (2) Many Conservatives have become increasingly concerned that in the government’s helter-skelter pursuit of the referendum, they have been jettisoning or watering down key elements of their legislative programme.
  • (3) Local television station Somoy TV showed live footage of people running helter skelter moments after the blasts.
  • (4) House Democrats will gather for a conference in Baltimore next week, strategising a way forward for the party after Trump’s stunning election defeat of Hillary Clinton and the helter skelter start to his presidency.
  • (5) Somewhere amid this helter-skelter of a contest, a refreshing frenzy of offensive play and attacking intent from start to finish, Tim Sherwood delivered a politically shrewd statement of intent.
  • (6) But this is more than just another notch on London's priapic skyline – soon to see the addition of "the scalpel" and "the helter skelter" tower, which will overshadow the Cheesegrater as the tallest building in the Square Mile.
  • (7) Huge projects in Redcar have already been completed, including transforming sea defences, and the £1.6m Redcar Beacon, a helter skelter-like tower and business space on the regenerated seafront.
  • (8) An ethics game entitled 'Rights: Helter Skelter' has been used with nursing students in their first course focused on ethics and nursing.
  • (9) It was a crazy, helter-skelter game and one that was overshadowed by some calamitous refereeing from a man who was officiating only his fourth Premier League game.
  • (10) We literally dodged bullets … It was very helter-skelter for a while.” He said bullet holes were found on the headquarters’ second floor, the information desk, and in cars where officers had been sitting.
  • (11) In the course of a helter-skelter career, Gerwig has established herself as the poster girl for wayward, brittle middle-youth.
  • (12) A fortunate baby boomer, mine had been a life that was, I suspect, not so very different from the lives of any number of thirty- and fortysomethings in the West: hedonistic, heedless, happy-go-lucky, helter-skelter.
  • (13) Nicknamed the Helter Skelter, its internal layout was as inefficient as its billowing exterior was extravagant.
  • (14) outfits groove to Blondie by the original 1940s toy car circuit, and a magician enthrals a crowd by the helter-skelter.
  • (15) The boy's father runs a helter skelter and a bungee trampoline business but parks his caravan on family-owned land during the winter break.
  • (16) The 17 rides, evoking the old-fashioned fun of the traditional British seaside, include a replica helter skelter, a vintage pedal car roadway, a Wedgwood teacup ride, dodgems and a ferris wheel.
  • (17) Saudi investment in the tallest tower in the City of London – the Pinnacle , also known as the Helter Skelter – has also stalled.
  • (18) There is no knowing yet what the helter skelter of the next few days will throw up.
  • (19) The pitch was hardly pristine and Ireland had to acclimatise quickly during frenetic opening exchanges, when the pace and helter-skelter action gave the occasion a real cup tie feel.
  • (20) Manchester City v Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg Read more An illustration of the helter-skelter fare came when Fernando claimed the ball near the centre spot and sent it skimming towards Agüero, who burned off Laurent Koscielny.

Spelter


Definition:

  • (n.) Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts.

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