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haywire definition
haywire |
Grep of noun haywire haywire Overview of noun haywire The noun haywire has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. haywire -- (wire for tying up bales of hay) Overview of adj haywire The adj haywire has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky -- (informal or slang terms for mentally irregular) 2. amiss, awry, haywire, out of order the matter, wrong -- (not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "the telephone is out of order"; "what's the matter with your vacuum cleaner?"; "something is wrong with the engine") Antonyms of adj haywire 2 senses of haywire Sense 1 balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky INDIRECT (VIA insane) -> sane Sense 2 amiss(prenominal), awry(prenominal), haywire, out of order(prenominal), the matter(prenominal), wrong(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA malfunctioning) -> functioning Similarity of adj haywire 2 senses of haywire Sense 1 balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky => insane (vs. sane) Sense 2 amiss(prenominal), awry(prenominal), haywire, out of order(prenominal), the matter(prenominal), wrong(prenominal) => malfunctioning (vs. functioning), nonfunctional Attributes of adj haywire Familiarity of adj haywire haywire used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj haywire haywire Overview of noun haywire The noun haywire has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. haywire -- (wire for tying up bales of hay) Overview of adj haywire The adj haywire has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky -- (informal or slang terms for mentally irregular) 2. amiss, awry, haywire, out of order the matter, wrong -- (not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "the telephone is out of order"; "what's the matter with your vacuum cleaner?"; "something is wrong with the engine")
haywire definition
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