Haywire

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounWire used to bind bales of hay.

2.AdjectiveRoughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs).

3.AdjectiveBehaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process.

"It was working fine until it went haywire and wouldn't stop printing blank sheets.; Those kids go haywire when they don't get what they want."

4.VerbTo attach or fix with haywire.

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