Main entry: haywire
Definition: wire for tying up bales of hay
Main entry: wrong, amiss, awry, haywire
Definition: not functioning properly
Usage: something is amiss; has gone completely haywire; something is wrong with the engine
Main entry: cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, round the bend, loco, loony, loopy, kookie, kooky, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, around the bend, wacky, whacky, buggy, bonkers, nuts, nutty, fruity
Definition: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Usage: it used to drive my husband balmy