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haywire

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: haywire

1
 n
wire for tying up bales of hay
2
 adj
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: haywire
1

n wire for tying up bales of hay

Type of:
wire
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
2

adj 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
afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement

adj not functioning properly

“has gone completely haywire”
Synonyms:
amiss, awry, wrong
malfunctioning, nonfunctional
not performing or able to perform its regular function
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