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Haywire

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Wire used in baling hay.

adj. Informal Mentally confused or erratic; crazy: went haywire over the interminable delays.

adj. Informal Not functioning properly; broken.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Wire used to bind bales of hay.

adj. Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs).

adj. Behaving erratically or uncontrollably, especially of a machine or mechanical process; usually used with the verb "go".

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adj. not functioning properly

n. wire for tying up bales of hay

adj. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Word Usage

"To say that this terrific book tells the true story of a New York stick-up gone haywire is like saying that Psycho is about a motel with an eccentric owner."

Equivalent

nonfunctional malfunctioning insane

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

wire

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

baler twine

Same Context

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