1. to move hurriedly in a confused or disorderly manner
Usage: chiefly British; informal

Examples

• The children came skeltering down the stairs when they heard the ice cream truck.
• Papers went skeltering across the floor in the wind.
• She was skeltering around the kitchen trying to get dinner ready.
• The cat sent the ornaments skeltering off the shelf.
• They came skeltering out of the building when the fire alarm sounded.