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- Dictionaryhaywire/ˈheɪˌwʌɪə/
adjective
- 1. erratic; out of control: informal "her imagination had gone haywire"
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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.
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.
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 ) (of people) erratic or crazy.
noun. 1. wire for tying up bales of hay, straw, etc. adjective Informal. 2. out of order; disorganized; confused. 3. crazy. Idioms: go haywire.
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.
1. chaotic, confused, disordered, tangled, mixed up, shambolic (informal), topsy-turvy, disorganized, disarranged Many Americans think their legal system is haywire. 2. out of order, out of commission, on the blink (slang), on the fritz (slang)Her pacemaker went haywire near hand dryers.
in a state of disorder; crazy. kelam-kabut. Our computer has gone haywire. (Translation of haywire from the PASSWORD English–Malay Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd) Examples of haywire. haywire. The market economy goes haywire and shows up the false situation which exists when there is a monopoly and any price can be demanded. From the.
Definition of haywire adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Dictionary definition of haywire. In a state of extreme disorder, chaos, or malfunction, often implying that it has gone completely awry or out of control. "My computer went haywire and deleted all of my important files." Detailed meaning of haywire.
