pellmell

Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla
   a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer,
   fr. L. malleus. See 1st {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.]
   A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was
   driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of
   iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the
   place where the game was played, and to the street, in
   London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also {pail-mail} and
   {pell-mell}.] --Sir K. Digby. --Evelyn.
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Pell-mell \Pell`-mell"\, n.
   See {Pall-mall}.
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Pellmell \Pell`mell"\, adv. [F. p[^e]le-m[^e]le, prob. fr. pelle
   a shovel + m[^e]ler to mix, as when different kinds of grain
   are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See {Pell} shovel,
   {Medley}.]
   In utter confusion; with confused violence. "Men, horses,
   chariots, crowded pellmell." --Milton.
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46 Moby Thesaurus words for "pell-mell":
      bedlam, brouhaha, chaos, chaotic, chaotically, commotion, confused,
      confusedly, confusion, disorder, disordered, disorderly,
      disorganized, excitement, feverish, feverishly, hastily, hasty,
      helter-skelter, hubbub, hurried, hurriedly, impetuous, impetuously,
      impulsive, impulsively, incautious, incautiously, mad, melee,
      pandemonium, panicky, precipitate, precipitately, rash, rashly,
      reckless, recklessly, slap-bang, slapdash, spontaneously, tumult,
      tumultuous, turmoil, wild, wildly