| ADJECTIVE | all | haywire, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular |
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| all | haywire, amiss, awry, wrong | not functioning properly | |
| NOUN | artifact | haywire | wire for tying up bales of hay |
| Sounds | hhey'way.r | |
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| Rhymes | admire ... wire: 34 rhymes with ayr... | |
| Meaning | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. | |
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| Synonyms | balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky | |
| Broader | insane | Afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement |
| Spanish | chalado, chiflado, ido, loco, majara, majareta, sonado, tarado, tocado, zumbado | |
| Catalan | boig, estúpid, guillat, sonat, tanoca, tarat, tocat, ximple | |
| Meaning | not functioning properly. | |
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| Example | "has gone completely haywire" | |
| Synonyms | amiss, awry, wrong | |
| Broader | malfunctioning, nonfunctional | not performing or able to perform its regular function |
| Spanish | averiado, estropeado, mal | |
| Catalan | avariat, espatllat | |
| Meaning | wire for tying up bales of hay. | |
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| Broader | wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
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