awry, amiss(p), haywire, wrong
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
(adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; “it used to drive my husband balmy”
haywire
(noun) wire for tying up bales of hay
Source: WordNet® 3.1
haywire (plural haywires)
Wire used to bind bales of hay.
• baler twine
haywire (comparative more haywire, superlative most haywire)
Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs).
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.
• Those kids go haywire when they don't get what they want.
Source: Wiktionary
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
