haywire
noun
adjective Informal.
Origin of haywire
Related Words for haywire
screwball, nuts, psycho, berserk, amiss, batty, bonkers, chaotic, confused, cracked, crazed, defective, disordered, disorganized, erratic, insane, mad, messy, screwy, touchedExamples from the Web for haywire
Contemporary Examples of haywire
The debate about entitlements has been haywire in Washington for years.
His latest film, Haywire, features a world-famous martial-arts fighter (29-year-old Gina Carano) as a spy on the run.
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Historical Examples of haywire
"Our haywire battery connections are gone," shouted McCready.
The Solar MagnetSterner St. Paul Meek
It seems their equipment has been haywire for two days, they haven't been able to get through.
Moon GlowG. L. Vandenburg
However, they might just as well have tried to pick off a haywire comet rushing down at them.
Dave Dawson on GuadalcanalRobert Sydney Bowen
Haywire instruments jerked the machine back down and then side to side, then into a tree trunk, blindly.
The Happy ManGerald Wilburn Page
"Right on course, unless those instruments are haywire, which of course they're not," he murmured.
Dave Dawson at CasablancaRobert Sydney Bowen