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    pell-mell
    /ˌpɛlˈmɛl/

    adverb

    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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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPELL-MELL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › pell-mellPell-mell Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of PELL-MELL is in mingled confusion or disorder. How to use pell-mell in a sentence. Did you know?

  4. www.phrases.org.uk › meanings › pell-mellPell-mell - Meaning & Origin Of The Phrase - Phrasefinder

    In disorderly confusion; with reckless haste. What's the origin of the phrase 'Pell-mell'? There are various early uses of pell-mell, which have slightly different meanings. The general sense though is of people charging about ‘like chickens with their heads cut off’. See also – helter-skelter.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › pell-mellPell-mell - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    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.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPELL-MELL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. in a jumbled, confused mass or manner; without order or method. 2. in wild, disorderly haste; headlong. noun.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPELL-MELL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    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.

  8. www.dictionary.com › browse › pell-mellPELL-MELL Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    adverb. in disorderly, headlong haste; in a recklessly hurried manner. in a confused or jumbled mass, crowd, manner, etc.: The crowd rushed pell-mell into the store when the doors opened.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › pell-mellPell-mell - definition of pell-mell by The Free Dictionary

    1. in a recklessly hurried manner. 2. in a disordered mass. adj. 3. disorderly or confused. 4. overhasty or precipitate; rash. n. 5. a jumbled mass, crowd, etc. 6. disorderly, headlong haste.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishpell-mell adverb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of pell-mell adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › pell-mell_advpell-mell, adv., adj., & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    OED's earliest evidence for pell-mell is from 1579, in a text by Leonard Digges, mathematician, and Thomas Digges, mathematician and member of parliament. pell-mell is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French pelle-melle, pêle-mêle. See etymology.