go haywire (14 synonym found)

Go haywire has 14 synonyms. The top synonyms for go haywire are trifle, crack, flip, clown, fool, give out, go to pieces, go wrong and 6 more. Another word for go haywire is trifle. Browse the full list below.

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What is a synonym for go haywire?

A common synonym for go haywire is trifle. Other synonyms include crack, flip, clown, fool.

How many synonyms does go haywire have?

Go haywire has 14 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does go haywire mean?

°Wire used to bind bales of hay.

Definition of go haywire:

°Wire used to bind bales of hay.
°Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs). Possibly originated because of frayed wires sitting near hay in a hot barn, which caused an explosion (The barn ceased to exist, and it was referred to as having gone "haywire"), or from tendency of slap-dash repairs done with scraps of bailing wire to fail catastrophically at times of mechanical stress.
°Behaving erratically or uncontrollably, 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."
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Definition of go haywire:

°Wire used to bind bales of hay.
°Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs). Possibly originated because of frayed wires sitting near hay in a hot barn, which caused an explosion (The barn ceased to exist, and it was referred to as having gone "haywire"), or from tendency of slap-dash repairs done with scraps of bailing wire to fail catastrophically at times of mechanical stress.
°Behaving erratically or uncontrollably, 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."
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