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Haywire
01
wire for tying up bales of hay
Grammatical Information
animacy status
inanimate
Composition
Compound
countable
plural form
haywires
haywire
01
being in a chaotic or disorganized state
Informal
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most haywire
Comparative
more haywire
gradable
Examples
The situation at the party became haywire after the lights went out.
02
out of control or malfunctioning, often unexpectedly or erratically
Examples
The machine went haywire during the test, causing a delay.
Lexical Tree
haywire
hay
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