haywire
Meaning of haywire
adjective
- erratic; out of control.
her imagination had gone haywire
1920s (originally US): from hay1 + wire, from the use of hay-baling wire in makeshift repairs.
Information about haywire
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of haywire is: haywires.
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Hyphenation of haywire
hay-wire
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- haywire is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
haywire synonyms
Meaning balmy:
balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky, whacky
Meaning amiss:
Meaning not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable:
Meaning not working or made correctly; having defects:
Meaning in a state of complete confusion and disorder:
Meaning lacking clear distinction of elements; jumbled:
Meaning mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour:
Meaning (of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated:
Meaning not properly planned and controlled:
Meaning not neatly arranged; confused and untidy:
Meaning chaotic, disorganized, or mismanaged:
Meaning not straight; crooked or askew:
Words that rhyme with haywire
wire, barbwire, GuardWire, hardwire, landwire, Firewire, Glidewire, cheesewire, firewire, guidewire, prewire, rewire, sagwire, archwire, unwire, FloWire, microwire, MAPWire, tripwire, FiberWire, FilterWire, underwire, miswire, newswire, swire, tightwire, flywire, guywire
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