Web5 thg 12, 2016 · 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 …

Webhay·wire (hā′wīr′) n. Wire used in baling hay. adj. Informal 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 .]

Webnoun 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 …

Webhaywire adjective informal uk / ˈheɪ.waɪə r/ us / ˈheɪ.waɪr / go haywire to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable: The television's gone haywire. …

WebBritannica Dictionary definition of HAYWIRE. informal. : not working properly. a haywire immune system. — usually used in the phrase go haywire. The disease has caused her immune system to go haywire. [=to stop working properly] The old radio went haywire. The stock market has gone completely haywire.

Webhaywire adjective informal us / ˈheɪ.waɪr / uk / ˈheɪ.waɪə r/ go haywire to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable: The television's gone haywire. …

WebDefinitions of haywire noun wire for tying up bales of hay see more adjective informal or slang terms for mentally irregular synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky insane