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informal uk / ˈheɪ.waɪə r/ us / ˈheɪ.waɪr / go haywire. Add to word list. to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable: The television's gone haywire. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Machines - not functioning. act up. balky. blooey. break down. brokenness. brownout. burn out. downtime. flat. malfunction. outage.
to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable: The television's gone haywire. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Machines - not functioning. act up. balky. blooey. break down. brokenness. brownout. burn out. downtime. flat. malfunction. outage. seize up. short circuit. shot. shudder. shut (something) down. shutdown.
5 days ago · 1. wire for tying up bales of hay, straw, etc. adjective Informal. 2. out of order; disorganized; confused. 3. crazy. Idioms: go haywire.
Synonyms for HAYWIRE: psychotic, mad, nuts, insane, lunatic, crazy, gaga, mental; Antonyms of HAYWIRE: sound, balanced, sane, reasonable, clear, rational, normal, wise.
/ˈheɪwaɪər/ Word Origin. Idioms. go haywire. (informal) to stop working correctly or become out of control. After that, things started to go haywire. The clock seems to have gone a bit haywire. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.
noun. 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 been haywire since he got the bad news. haywire. / ˈheɪˌwaɪə / adjective. (of things) not functioning properly; disorganized (esp in the phrase go haywire )
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. afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement. adjective. not functioning properly.
