haywire

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Wire used to bind bales of hay.
2. adjective Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs).
3. adjective Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process.

   It was working fine until it went haywire and wouldn't stop printing blank sheets.

4. verb To attach or fix with haywire.

Similar words

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