skelter
[ skel-ter ]
/ ˈskɛl tər /
verb (used without object)
to scurry.
Origin of skelter
First recorded in 1850–55; probably extracted from
helter-skelter
Words nearby skelter
Example sentences from the Web for skelter
There was a swirling and a skelter of brown and yellow leaves at the gap in the lane where we struck across a vegetable garden.
Pushed and the Return Push |George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)The shadow of Helter, Skelter, & Grab lay upon the tea-table.
The Plattner Story and Others |H. G. Wells