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- DictionaryHay·wire/ˈhāˌwī(ə)r/
adjective
- 1. erratic; out of control: informal "her imagination had gone haywire"
The meaning of HAYWIRE is being out of order or having gone wrong. How to use haywire in a sentence. Did you know?
HAYWIRE definition: 1. to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable: 2. to stop working, often…. Learn more.
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.
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.
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.
• Everything would go haywire if he saw her. • He repeated it thousands of times, like a haywire metronome that had lost its beat . • The figure looked familiar , but his thinking was too haywire to allow recognition for a moment or two.
Definition of haywire adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
This term is commonly used to describe malfunctioning machinery, chaotic events, or disorganized situations where things are not going as planned. For example, if a computer system crashes and starts behaving erratically, it can be said to have gone haywire.
