From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haywire
adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used
to drive my husband balmy" [syn: {balmy}, {barmy},
{bats}, {batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked},
{crackers}, {daft}, {dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire},
{kooky}, {kookie}, {loco}, {loony}, {loopy}, {nuts},
{nutty}, {round the bend}, {around the bend}, {wacky},
{whacky}]
2: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone
completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
[syn: {amiss(p)}, {awry(p)}, {haywire}, {wrong(p)}]
n 1: wire for tying up bales of hay
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