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skelter

skel·ter
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [skel-ter]
    • /ˈskɛl tər/
    • /ˈskel.tə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [skel-ter]
    • /ˈskɛl tər/

Definitions of skelter word

  • verb without object skelter to scurry. 1
  • verb skelter to scurry 0
See all 2 definitions of skelter

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Origin of skelter

First appearance:

before 1850
One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55; probably extracted from helter-skelter

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Skelter

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Skelter

skelter popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

skelter usage trend in Literature

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