Haywire — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

wire for tying up bales of hay

informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈeɪwaɪɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈeɪwaɪə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈeɪwaɪə/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈeɪwaɪɚ/.

Examples

it used to drive my husband balmy
something is amiss
has gone completely haywire

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dotty loony whacky nutty bats loco amiss cracked buggy balmy daft crackers barmy awry around the bend nuts bonkers batty fruity round the bend kooky kookie loopy wacky

Parts of Speech

noun	wire for tying up bales of hay
adjective	informal or slang terms for mentally irregular “it used to drive my husband balmy”
adjective	not functioning properly “something is amiss”

Word Forms

daftness	noun	informal terms for insanity
kook	noun	someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
loon	noun	a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

drunter und drüber

Draht zum Zusammenbinden von Heuballen

🇫🇷French

détraqué

fil pour attacher les bottes de foin

🇪🇸Spanish

loco

alambre para atar fardos de heno

🇮🇹Italian

in tilt

filo per legare balle di fieno

🇳🇱Dutch

in de war

draad voor het vastbinden van balen hooi

🇵🇹Portuguese

descontrolado

arame para amarrar fardos de feno

🇷🇺Russian

беспорядочный

проволока для связывания тюков сена

India

🇮🇳Hindi

परेशन

घास की गठरियाँ बाँधने के लिए तार

🇧🇩Bengali

খড়কুটো

খড়ের গাঁট বাঁধার জন্য তার

🇮🇳Tamil

வைக்கோல் கம்பி

வைக்கோல் மூட்டைகளை கட்டுவதற்கான கம்பி

🇮🇳Telugu

గడ్డివాము

ఎండుగడ్డి మూటలను కట్టడానికి తీగ

🇮🇳Marathi

गवत

गवताच्या गाठी बांधण्यासाठी तार

🇮🇳Gujarati

પરાગરજ

ઘાસની ગાંસડી બાંધવા માટેનો તાર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹುಲ್ಲುಗಾವಲು

ಹುಲ್ಲಿನ ಮೂಟೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಲು ತಂತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പുൽത്തകിടി

വൈക്കോൽ പൊതികൾ കെട്ടുന്നതിനുള്ള കമ്പി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਾਏਵਾਇਰ

ਪਰਾਗ ਦੀਆਂ ਗੰਢਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੰਨ੍ਹਣ ਲਈ ਤਾਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

تار

گھاس کی گانٹھوں کو باندھنے کے لیے تار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

失控的

用于捆扎干草捆的铁丝

🇯🇵Japanese

混乱した

干し草の俵を縛るためのワイヤー

🇰🇷Korean

얽힌

건초 더미를 묶는 데 사용되는 철사

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cỏ khô

dây để buộc kiện cỏ khô

🇹🇭Thai

ยุ่งเหยิง

ลวดสำหรับมัดมัดฟาง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kusut

kawat untuk mengikat bal jerami

🇲🇾Malay

bermasalah

wayar untuk mengikat bal jerami

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أحمق

سلك لربط بالات القش

🇮🇷Persian

سیم یونجه

سیم برای بستن عدل های یونجه

🇹🇷Turkish

başıboş

saman balyalarını bağlamak için tel

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְבוּלגָן

חוט לקשירת חבילות חציר

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