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• 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

• haywire — /hay wuyeur /, n. 1. wire used to bind bales of hay. adj. Informal. 2. in disorder: The town is haywire because of the bus strike. 3. out of control; disordered; crazy: The car went haywire. He s been haywire since he got the bad news. [1900 05;… …   Universalium

• haywire — adverb or adjective Etymology: from the use of baling wire for makeshift repairs Date: 1929 1. being out of order or having gone wrong < the radio went haywire > 2. emotionally or mentally upset or out of control ; crazy < is going haywire with… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• haywire — adjective go haywire informal to start working in completely the wrong way: The computer went haywire and started printing numbers at random …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• haywire — broken or confused The plan went haywire when their directions became confused …   Idioms and examples

• 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

• go haywire — {v. phr.}, {informal} Mixed up, out of order, not in regular working condition. * /My electric typewriter has gone all haywire; I have to call the repair man./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• go haywire — {v. phr.}, {informal} Mixed up, out of order, not in regular working condition. * /My electric typewriter has gone all haywire; I have to call the repair man./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• go haywire — 1. in. [for a person] to go berserk. □ I thought for a minute that Pete was going to go haywire. □ Sorry, I guess I just went haywire for a minute. 2. in.[for something] to go out of order; to break down. □ My stereo’s gone haywire …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• go haywire — break, not work properly, break down    They said they fixed the car, but it went haywire again the next day …   English idioms

• List of Ace Combat characters — The following list is a collection of prominent characters from the Ace Combat series of video games by Namco. All information here is (A: Accurate to the most recent game in the series, B: From the latest point in the AC Timeline). Contents 1… …   Wikipedia