[
US
/ˈheɪˌwaɪɹ/
]
[ UK /hˈeɪwaɪə/ ]
[ UK /hˈeɪwaɪə/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not functioning properly
something is wrong with the engine
something is amiss
has gone completely haywire -
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
it used to drive my husband balmy
NOUN
- wire for tying up bales of hay
How To Use haywire In A Sentence
- WASHINGTON - Overeating makes the brain go haywire, prompting a cascade of damage that may cause diabetes, heart disease and other ills, US researchers reported on Thursday.
- Until recently geophysicists thought that at this low point the magnetic field would also go haywire.
- There is too much hurry and worry in the lives of parents, and they don't have the energy left to cope when things go a little haywire.
- So if at any particular moment in the day stocks go haywire, that is a great opportunity for a fundamental investor. Even the
- So, I mean, the bottom is the pop culture crossing over with the political culture kind of goes haywire and goes crazy about sex and sexual scandal. Writing 'The Good Wife': Art Imitates Life?
- One of our cameras and our backup phone went haywire.
- Harassed operators patiently listen to complaints about cancelled reservations or travel plans gone haywire.
- This irregular heartbeat, which feels fluttery and is often quite rapid, means the electrical signals that prompt the heart have gone haywire.
- But his brain was so rotted with drink and dissolute living that whenever he put it to work it behaved like an old engine that had gone haywire from being dipped in lard.
- After that, things went slightly haywire, but to reach the open marketplace was easy.