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    haywire
    /ˈheɪˌwʌɪə/

    adjective

    • 1. erratic; out of control: informal "her imagination had gone haywire"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHAYWIRE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable: The television's gone haywire. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Machines - not functioning. act up. balky. blooey. break down. brokenness. brownout. downtime. fail. flat. malfunction. outage. power (something) down. seize up. short circuit. shot. shudder. shut. whack.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › haywireHaywire Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of HAYWIRE is being out of order or having gone wrong. How to use haywire in a sentence. Did you know?

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHAYWIRE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    HAYWIRE meaning: 1. to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable: 2. to stop working, often…. Learn more.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHAYWIRE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    2 meanings: informal 1. (of things) not functioning properly; disorganized (esp in the phrase go haywire) 2. (of people).... Click for more definitions.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › haywireHAYWIRE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    noun. wire used to bind bales of hay. adjective. , Informal. in disorder: The town is haywire because of the bus strike. out of control; disordered; crazy: The car went haywire. He's been haywire since he got the bad news. haywire. / ˈheɪˌwaɪə / adjective. (of things) not functioning properly; disorganized (esp in the phrase go haywire )

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › haywireHaywire - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    When something goes haywire, it's out of control or completely chaotic. You'll sense that things have gone haywire at a birthday party if suddenly the young guests are having a crazed water gun fight indoors.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › haywireHaywire - definition of haywire by The Free Dictionary

    1. Not functioning or happening in a proper or orderly fashion: machinery that went haywire; an experiment that went haywire. 2. Mentally confused or erratic; crazy: The traveler went haywire over the endless delays. [From the use of baling wire for makeshift repairs .]

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishhaywire adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of haywire adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › haywirehaywire | meaning of haywire in Longman Dictionary of...

    • Everything would go haywire if he saw her. • He repeated it thousands of times, like a haywire metronome that had lost its beat. • The figure looked familiar, but his thinking was too haywire to allow recognition for a moment or two. Origin haywire (1900-2000) From the use of hay-tying wire for quick repairs

  11. www.dictionary.com › browse › haywiresHaywire Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    out of control; disordered; crazy: The car went haywire. He's been haywire since he got the bad news.