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- Dictionarypell-mell/ˌpɛlˈmɛl/
adverb
- 1. in a confused, rushed, or disorderly manner: "they rushed pell-mell up the hill" Similar
adjective
- 1. hasty or disorganized: "steps to slow the pell-mell pace of deforestation"
noun
- 1. a disorderly situation or collection of things: "the pell-mell of ascending gables and roof tiles"
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Meaning of pell-mell in English. pell-mell. adverb. old-fashioned uk / ˌpelˈmel / us / ˌpelˈmel / Add to word list. very fast and not organized: At the sound of the alarm bell, the customers ran pell-mell for the doors. Compare. harum-scarum old-fashioned. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Social order & disorder. anarchic. anarchism.
The meaning of PELL-MELL is in mingled confusion or disorder. How to use pell-mell in a sentence. Did you know?
When things are messy, wacky, crazy, and all over the place, they are pell-mell — chaotic. If your room is a mess, with clothes everywhere, it's pell-mell. If people are running in every direction and yelling, that's a pell-mell situation.
adverb. old-fashioned us / ˌpelˈmel / uk / ˌpelˈmel / Add to word list. very fast and not organized: At the sound of the alarm bell, the customers ran pell-mell for the doors. Compare. harum-scarum old-fashioned. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Social order & disorder. anarchic. anarchism. anarchistic. anarchy. bedlam. disorganization.
1. in a confused headlong rush. the hounds ran pell-mell into the yard. 2. in a disorderly manner. the things were piled pell-mell in the room. adjective. 3. disordered; tumultuous. a pell-mell rush for the exit. noun. 4. disorder; confusion. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.
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.
Definition of pell-mell adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. A jumble; confusion; disorder. Webster's New World. Synonyms: turmoil. recklessly. pandemonium. in a rush. impetuously. hurriedly. helter-skelter. headlong. haphazard. disorder.
pell-mell meaning, definition, what is pell-mell: quickly and in an uncontrolled way: Learn more.
Origin of pell-mell 1 First recorded in 1570–80; from Middle French pelemele, Old French pesle mesle, rhyming compound based on mesler “to mix”; see meddle
