haywire

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. [[wire|Wire]] used to bind bales of [[hay]].

Adjective

1. [[roughly|Roughly]]-[[made]], [[unsophisticated]], [[decrepit]] (from the use of haywire for [[temporary]] [[repair]]s).
2. [[behaviorally|Behaviorally]] [[erratic]] or [[uncontrollable]], especially of a [[machine]] or [[mechanical]] [[process]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|rare}} To attach or fix with haywire.

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