1. moves quickly in a hurried, disorderly manner
Usage: third person singular present of ‘skelter’; often used in the phrase ‘helter-skelter’

Examples

• The cat skelters across the kitchen floor when it hears the can opener.
• Rain skelters against the window during the storm.
• She skelters down the hallway, late for her meeting.
• The leaves skelter across the yard in the autumn wind.
• He skelters up the stairs two at a time.
• Water skelters off the roof during heavy downpours.