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") 

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