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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. wire for tying up bales of hay;


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;
- Example: "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;
- Example: "something is amiss"
- Example: "has gone completely haywire"
- Example: "something is wrong with the engine"
[syn: amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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