skelter noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A gravity-based device used to store and rotate round food and drink in a first-in-first-out manner.After collecting them each day from the chicken coop, she put the eggs in her skelter until she needed them. verb1 •(informal) To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry. formsskeltered · skeltering · skelters