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haywire
English
Etymology
hay +? wireThe original meaning of 'likely to become tangled unpredictably or unusably, or fall apart', as though only bound with the kind of soft, springy wire used to bind hay bales comes from usage in New England lumber camps circa 1905 where haywire outfit became the common term to refer to slap-dash collections of logging tools. To go haywire has since evolved to represent the act of falling apart or behaving unpredictably, as would wire spooled under tension springing into an unmanageable tangle once a piece had been removed from the factory spool, e.g., "he took off the back of his watch, removed a gear and the whole works went haywire."
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?he?.wa?.?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?he?.wa??/
Noun
haywire (plural haywires)
- Wire used to bind bales of hay.
- MOWERS AND HAY RAKES, HAY PRESSES, HAY TIES AND HAY WIRE.
Synonyms
- baler twine
See also
- spit and baling wire
Translations
Adjective
haywire (comparative more haywire, superlative most haywire)
- Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs).
- Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process; usually used with the verb "go".
- It was working fine until it went haywire and wouldn't stop printing blank sheets.
- Those kids go haywire when they don't get what they want.
- "I got phone orders at Tuolumne Meadows to pack up and come over Sunrise Trail. Started at sunrise. Everything haywire, including cranky pack horse which kept getting off trail. Phoned in at Vernal Falls station. Ordered to hurry down, help catch two auto thieves which broke jail just after breakfast. Assigned to guard Coulterville Road.
Translations
See also
- come unglued (verb)
- tearing up Jack
- lose one's cool
- blow up (emotionally)
- go bonkers (emotionally)
References
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scatterbrained
English
Etymology
scatter +? brained
Adjective
scatterbrained (comparative more scatterbrained, superlative most scatterbrained)
- Having the qualities of a scatterbrain: absent-minded, forgetful, easily distracted.
Related terms
- go haywire
Translations
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