skelter

[ skel-ter ]

verb (used without object)

1. to scurry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of skelter¹

First recorded in 1850–55; probably extracted from helter-skelter

Example Sentences

In “Helter Skelter,” his account of the Manson murders, prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi wrote that Fromme wore a perpetual smile, possessed a “little-girl quality” and seemed to radiate an “inner contentment” that reminded him of a religious fanatic.

From Los Angeles Times

His sway stems from far more than multimillion-dollar sales in an overheated art market, although a $12-million auction of his monumental canvas “Helter Skelter,” a 34-foot-wide meditation on the race war Charles Manson envisioned starting, is nothing to sneeze at.

From Los Angeles Times

Reading Helter Skelter years later, the book detailing the murder spree by Charles Manson, Linda Kasabian, and other members of the Manson Family over three nights in August, West came to page 357: “Observing a white sports car ahead of them, Manson told Linda, ‘At the next red light, pull up beside.

From Los Angeles Times

She has several other films to her credit, including the 2012 “Helter Skelter,” which depicts womanhood in modern Japan as ruled by empty consumerism and zealous beauty standards.

From Seattle Times

The 13 most essential L.A. crime books — from Chandler, Hughes, Mosley and Ellroy to Steph Cha and Ivy Pochoda, with some ‘Helter Skelter’ in between.

From Los Angeles Times