Pell-mell
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɛlˈmɛl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pell-mell is an adjective meaning Hasty and uncontrolled.
Meaning
Hasty and uncontrolled.
More Meanings
- In haste and chaos; uncontrolledly, confusedly.
- Alternative form of pall mall (“ball game”).
Example Sentences
The whole district presents the most pell-mell throwing together imaginable.
Nor moody Beggars, ſtaruing for a time / Of pell-mell hauocke, and confusion.
China’s pell-mell, brisk urbanization has in some ways made the challenge harder to face.
The pell mell, hell for leather traffic of Lagos was more pell mell, hell for leather than ever.
Word Forms
- pellmell
Synonyms for pell-mell
Depending on context, synonyms include helter-skelter, hurried, harum-scarum.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hurried, helter-skelter, harum-scarum, pellmell, rogue, slipslop.
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