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Some people are in positions of power, and when incentives go haywire, we are all human and it's easy to make mistakes. I am not saying everybody is Bernie Madoff.
Nicholas Jarecki

Meaning of "haywire" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HAYWIRE

Alluding to the disorderly tangle of wire removed from bales of hay.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HAYWIRE

haywire  [ˈheɪˌwaɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAYWIRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Haywire is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HAYWIRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Haywire

Haywire may refer to: ▪ Baling wire, used in an agricultural setting and industrial setting for everything from mending fences to manually binding square bales of hay ▪ Behaving erratically or uncontrollably, see wikt:haywire...

Definition of haywire in the English dictionary

The definition of haywire in the dictionary is not functioning properly; disorganized. Other definition of haywire is erratic or crazy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAYWIRE


acquire
əˈkwaɪə
Araguaia
ˌɑːrəˈɡwaɪə
choir
kwaɪə
enquire
ɪnˈkwaɪə
esquire
ɪˈskwaɪə
FireWire
ˈfaɪəˌwaɪə
hardwire
ˈhɑːdˌwaɪə
inquire
ɪnˈkwaɪə
microwire
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌwaɪə
newswire
ˈnjuːzˌwaɪə
prewire
priːˈwaɪə
quire
kwaɪə
require
rɪˈkwaɪə
rewire
riːˈwaɪə
squire
skwaɪə
swire
swaɪə
tightwire
ˈtaɪtˌwaɪə
tripwire
ˈtrɪpˌwaɪə
underwire
ˈʌndəˌwaɪə
wire
waɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAYWIRE

hayey
hayfield
hayfork
haylage
hayle
hayloft
haymaker
haymaking
haymow
hayrack
hayrick
hayride
hayseed
haysel
haystack
Haytian
Haywain
hayward
hazan
hazanim

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAYWIRE

barbed wire
barbwire
chicken wire
copper wire
earth wire
fencing wire
fly-by-wire
fuse wire
ground wire
high-tensile wire
high wire
hot-wire
live wire
McGwire
razor wire
take it to the wire
telegraph wire
telephone wire
the wire
to the wire

Synonyms and antonyms of haywire in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HAYWIRE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «haywire» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of haywire

Translation of «haywire» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAYWIRE

Find out the translation of haywire to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of haywire from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «haywire» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

失控
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Haywire
570 millions of speakers

English

haywire
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिगड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أحمق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наперекосяк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Haywire
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিক্ষিপ্তচিত্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

détraqué
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Haywire
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

durchgedreht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気の狂った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엉망이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Haywire
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cọng cỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீணாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विस्कळीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karmakarışık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

confuso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bzika
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наперекосяк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Haywire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έξαλλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oontdaam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

OBERÄKNELIG
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

floke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of haywire

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAYWIRE»

The term «haywire» is regularly used and occupies the 61.396 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAYWIRE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about haywire

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5 QUOTES WITH «HAYWIRE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word haywire.
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Nicholas Jarecki
Some people are in positions of power, and when incentives go haywire, we are all human and it's easy to make mistakes. I am not saying everybody is Bernie Madoff.
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Anil Kapoor
Everyone starts a film thinking that it would be a big hit. But sometimes it goes haywire.
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Vince Neil
I guess I am just not the marrying type. I have given it a few chances, and it just goes haywire after a month or two. I am on wife number five right now, maybe five's a charm?
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P. J. O'Rourke
By the end of the 1950s, American cars were so reliable that their reliability went without saying even in car ads. Thousands of them bear testimony to this today, still running on the roads of Cuba though fueled with nationalized Venezuelan gasoline and maintained with spit and haywire.
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Jeremy Piven
I was in a play directed by my father, and I was doing a fight scene, and the choreography went haywire, and I flew backward over a chair and ripped my thumb all the way to my wrist and had to have surgery to sew up all the tendons in there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAYWIRE»

Discover the use of haywire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to haywire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Haywire
Who could have imagined that this magical life could shatter, so conclusively, so destructively? Brooke Hayward tells the riveting story of how her family went haywire. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Brooke Hayward, 2011
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Haywire
The daughter of successful Hollywood agent and Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan recalls the glamour, wealth, and talent that marked the lives of members of her extraordinary family and reveals the events that ...
Brooke Hayward, 2011
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Haywire
Here is the "original inside-Hollywood story"--the bestselling memoir of Brooke Hayward--daughter of much-loved actress Margaret Sullivan and super-agent Leland Hayward.
Brooke Hayward, 1981
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Haywire
To former DEA agent Doug Fleming, it is the deal of a lifetime.
James Mills, 1996
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Haywire
When Alex creates a duplicate of herself to get out of wizard training class so she can go shopping, Max accidentally uses his new wand to manipulate the real Alex through her clone.
Beth Beechwood, 2010
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A Bit Haywire
When ten-year-old Owen Bryce accidentally inherits superpowers, he quickly realizes that his powers are a bit quirky and only work with specific triggers.
Scott Zirkel, 2006
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The Autoimmune Epidemic: Bodies Gone Haywire in a World Out ...
Hailed by Mark Hyman, MD, as “a ray of light and hope” for autoimmune sufferers, this groundbreaking book provides research and solutions for those affected by autoimmune disorders including Crohn’s disease, type 1 diabetes, ...
Donna Jackson Nakazawa, 2008
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When Your Hormones Go Haywire: Solutions for Women Over 40
Smith contends that hormonal change is not a disease but a natural process designed by God.
Pamela M. Smith, 2005
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Haywire: Poems
Field describes the book this way. "This poet, you knew from his very first lines, didn’t fall for anything phony—his own language is irresistibly no-bullshit down to earth, even sassy."
George Bilgere, 2013
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Spoiled: why our food is making us sick and what we can do ...
A distinguished journalist reveals the truth about foodborne illness, explaining how the importing and exporting, processing, packaging, and distribution of food have led to an exposure to a wide variety of dangerous microbes and pathogens.
Nicols Fox, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAYWIRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term haywire is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Living Mona Lisa Follows You With Her Eyes
When we view a painting, our minds register the image as two-dimensional but the object as three-dimensional and go haywire, contributing to ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
West Shore Twilight Baseball: Cumberland shuts out Shippensburg
Things went haywire from the very beginning for Shippensburg starter Thomas Swartz, who plunked Cumberland leadoff hitter Kyle Gable to ... «The Sentinel, Jul 15»
3
Natalie Coughlin Ignites Pan Am Games With 10th-Ranked MR Of …
Of course there is variation from person to person. easyspeed July 15, 2015. *sorry, phone was going a bit haywire while typing.. Any way to ... «SwimVortex.com, Jul 15»
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Mississippi State Coach Dan Mullen Wears Yeezy Boost 350s To …
Unfortunately, Mullen's attempts at being “swagged up” went a little haywire as he attempted to rock the slim silhouette of the Yeezy Boost 350 ... «Next Impulse Sports, Jul 15»
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Your letters: Political
Democracy goes haywire. Accordingly, the key is the rational voters. People must have awareness of the consequences of their choices. «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
6
Search For Dirk Nowitzki's Successor Continues For Dallas Mavericks
Meanwhile, Mark Cuban is admittedly upset at what had transpired as his team was left hanging and future plans going haywire. Now, all that ... «Latinos Post, Jul 15»
7
'Deadpool' Trailer Release: Ryan Reynold Announces Superhero …
Apart from Reynolds, the upcoming film co-stars TJ Miller ("Transformers: Age of Extinction", "Big Hero 6") as Weasel, Gina Carano ("Haywire", ... «Venture Capital Post, Jul 15»
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8 Times You're Allowed To Feel Sorry For Yourself, So Get Your Pity …
... but there are definitely challenges that come with bleeding out of your vagina for a week once a month and the haywire hormones that go with it. This is a good ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
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It's all about the pecs and abs!
... who had produced the first film and other Soderbergh movies such as Side Effects, Contagion, Haywire and Che, takes on directing duties. «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
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Provoking PAS may not be such a good idea
... such a good idea. Everything in Malaysia is going haywire, with the smallest of provocations threatening to erupt into a full-blown racial issue. «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»

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