- go haywire
- become damaged, stop working properly
At first everything was going well but later all the plans began to go haywire.
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haywire — ☆ haywire or go haywire [hā′wīr΄ ] n. wire for tying up bales of hay, straw, etc. adj. [prob. < haywire outfit, loggers term for a camp with poor equipment that had to be held together with haywire] Informal 1. out of order; disorganized;… … English World dictionary
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haywire — (n.) soft wire for binding bales of hay, by 1891, from HAY (Cf. hay) + WIRE (Cf. wire) (n.). Adjective meaning poorly equipped, makeshift is 1905, American English, from the sense of something only held together with haywire, particularly said to … Etymology dictionary
Haywire (TV series) — Haywire is a sketch comedy television series which was aired by Fox Broadcasting Company as part of its 1990 91 lineup. Haywire included segments such as: Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan , which described etiquette for kung fu practitioners,… … Wikipedia
haywire — [adj] broken; crazy amiss, amok, batty, berserk, bonkers*, chaotic, confused, cracked, crazed, defective, disordered, disorganized, erratic, flipped, in a mess*, in pieces, insane, mad, messy, nuts, orderless, out of order, out of whack*, out to… … New thesaurus
haywire — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ erratic; out of control. ORIGIN from HAY(Cf. ↑haying) + WIRE(Cf. ↑wire), from the use of hay baling wire in makeshift repairs … English terms dictionary
Haywire (comics) — Superherobox| caption=Haywire comic color = background:#ff8080 character name=Haywire real name=Harold Danforth universe=Earth 712 publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Squadron Supreme #10 (Jun 1986) creators=Mark Gruenwald and Paul Ryan alliance color … Wikipedia
Haywire — Infobox musical artist | Name = Haywire Img capt = Img size = Background = group or band Birth name = Alias = Born = Died = Origin = Charlottetown, PEI, Canada flagicon|Canada Instrument = Genre = AOR/Hard rock Occupation = Years active =… … Wikipedia
haywire — hay·wire (hā’wīr′) n. ▸ Wire used in baling hay. adj. Informal 1) Not functioning or happening in a proper or orderly fashion: »machinery that went haywire; an experiment that went haywire. 2) Mentally confused or erratic; crazy: »The traveler… … Word Histories
