Definition of pell-mell Pell-mell
We found 8 definitions of pell-mell from 6 different sources.
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What does pell-mell mean?
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| pell-mell - with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train" | ||
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| pell-mell - in a wild or reckless manner; "dashing harum-scarum all over the place"; "running pell-mell up the stairs" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pell-mell (Adverb)
In haste, uncontrolledly. - pell-mell (Adjective)
Hasty, uncontrolled.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pell-mell (n.)
See Pall-mall.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pell-mell
pel-mel′, adv. in great confusion: promiscuously: in a disorderly manner—also written Pêle-mêle.—n. Pell-mell′ (same as Pall-mall). [O. Fr. pesle-mesle (Fr. pêle-mêle), -mesle being from O. Fr. mesler (Fr. mêler), to mix—Low L. misculāre—L. miscēre; and pesle, a rhyming addition, perh. influenced by Fr. pelle, shovel.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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pell-mell
In utter confusion; with disorderly mixture; with confused violence; as, the battle was a confused heap, the ground unequal, men, horses, chariots, crowded pell-mell.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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pell-mell
Tumultuously, helter skelter, jumbled together.
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