OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 20758

haywire

/ˈheɪ.waɪ.ə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caótico • fuera de control • irse la olla
Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process.
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.