go haywire

Variant of haywire

haywire definition

☆ hay·wire (hā′wīr′)

noun

wire for tying up bales of hay, straw, etc.

adjective

  1. out of order; disorganized; confused
  2. crazy

Etymology: prob. < haywire outfit, loggers' term for a camp with poor equipment that had to be held together with haywire

haywire Idioms

go haywire

Informal
  1. to behave or perform erratically
  2. to become crazy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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