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pell-mell
[ pel-mel ]
adverb
- in disorderly, headlong haste; in a recklessly hurried manner.
- in a confused or jumbled mass, crowd, manner, etc.:
The crowd rushed pell-mell into the store when the doors opened.
adjective
- indiscriminate; disorderly; helter-skelter:
a pell-mell dash after someone.
- overhasty or precipitate; rash:
pell-mell spending.
noun
- a confused or jumbled mass, crowd, etc.
- disorderly, headlong haste.
pell-mell
/ ˈpɛlˈmɛl /
adverb
- in a confused headlong rush
the hounds ran pell-mell into the yard
- in a disorderly manner
the things were piled pell-mell in the room
adjective
- disordered; tumultuous
a pell-mell rush for the exit
noun
- disorder; confusion
pell-mell
- In a confused, disorderly manner: “After the assembly, the students ran pell-mell from the auditorium.”
Word History and Origins
Origin of pell-mell1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pell-mell1
Example Sentences
He pointed to them and began to run pell-mell back to the border, and I followed.
For now, the momentum does appear to be firmly behind the rebel forces in the east and their pell-mell dash through the desert.
We sat down pell-mell, anywhere, I next to Liszt, who kept putting things on my plate.
The scene beggars description; bags, bundles, bales, boxes are pitched out pell-mell.
Now, here seemed simple panic: and like a pack of dogs which rush to mangle a mongrel, they were at him pell-mell.
Her first thought was of the rabbit, and she came running pell-mell across the garden to greet him.
Toby clapped both hands to his ears, and in a flash the red-headed girl seized Bumper in her arms and ran pell-mell from the room.
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