pell mell
[adverb]
Synonyms: helter-skelter, hotfoot, hurry-scurry, impetuously, incontinently
[noun]
Synonyms: confusion, ataxia, ballup, chaos, clutter, disarray, disorder, huddle, muddle, snarl
[verb]
Synonyms: stampede

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Related Idioms: on the spur of the moment
Related Words: hurriedly, indiscreetly, carelessly, heedlessly, rashly, thoughtlessly

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pell-mell /ˌpel ˈmel◂/ adverb old-fashioned
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French; Origin: pesle mesle, from mesler 'to mix']
quickly and in an uncontrolled way:
The children ran pell-mell out of school.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pell-mell
1.
very quickly and without control.
She ran pell-mell down the stairs and out of the house.

2.
pell-mell - very quickly and without control.
Local residents have banded together to protest about the pell-mell pace of development in the area.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲