haywire

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

wire for tying up bales of hay
• Hypernyms:
wire

II - adjective

1. not functioning properly
- something is amiss
- has gone completely haywire
- something is wrong with the engine
• Syn:
amiss, awry, wrong
• Similar to:
malfunctioning, nonfunctional
2. 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,
kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts,
nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
• Similar to:
insane
• Derivationally related forms:
loon (for: loony), kook (for: kooky), daftness (for: daft)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  amiss(p), awry(p), wrong(p), balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy