haywire

haywire Definition

☆ hay·wire (hā′wīr′)

noun

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

adjective

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

haywire Usage Examples

Preposition: with

rhythm: At what point does transport and communications technology run haywire with the basic rhythms of life?

Adjective complement with noun phrase

Used with adjective complement

go: Then the Financial Times went somewhat haywire over the idea of using the canal system to move water round the countryside.
run: At what point does transport and communications technology run haywire with the basic rhythms of life?

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