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- Dictionaryhaywire/ˈheɪˌwʌɪə/
adjective
- 1. erratic; out of control: informal "her imagination had gone haywire"
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HAYWIRE definition: 1. to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable: 2. to stop working, often…. Learn more.
The noun haywire refers to a type of wire once used in baling hay and sometimes for makeshift repairs. This hurried and temporary use of haywire gave rise to the adjective (and sometimes adverb) haywire.
HAYWIRE meaning: 1. to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable: 2. to stop working, often…. Learn more.
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 )
noun. 1. wire for tying up bales of hay, straw, etc. adjective Informal. 2. out of order; disorganized; confused. 3. crazy. Idioms: go haywire.
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.
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.
Definition of haywire adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
out of control; disordered; crazy: The car went haywire. He's been haywire since he got the bad news.
• 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.
