helter-skelter

Etymology
In form a reduplication (similar to and, both with initial /h-/ and /sk-/); perhaps based on  ("to hasten; to raise an alarm"), or maybe related to  from , employed as a fossil word.

Adverb

 * 1) In confused, disorderly haste.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, без ред
 * Dagbani: balibali
 * Danish: hulter til bulter
 * Dutch:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:, na łeb, na szyję
 * Portuguese: a trouxe-mouxe
 * Scottish Gaelic: amasgaidh, uathrais air thairis

Adjective

 * 1)  hurried and confused.
 * The winds knocked huge trees helter-skelter all over my garden.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * German:
 * Plautdietsch: droslich
 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: amasgaidh

Noun

 * 1)  or turmoil.
 * 2)  An amusement ride consisting of a slide that spirals down around the exterior of a tapering central tower.
 * 1)  An amusement ride consisting of a slide that spirals down around the exterior of a tapering central tower.
 * 1)  An amusement ride consisting of a slide that spirals down around the exterior of a tapering central tower.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: giorna-giùirne