haywire
adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular [syn: {balmy},
{barmy}, {bats}, {batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked},
{crackers}, {daft}, {dotty}, {fruity}, {kooky}, {kookie},
{loco}, {loony}, {loopy}, {nuts}, {nutty}, {wacky}]
2: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone
completely haywire"; "the telephone is out of order";
"what's the matter with your vacuum cleaner?"; "something
is wrong with the engine" [syn: {amiss(p)}, {awry(p)}, {out
of order(p)}, {the matter(p)}, {wrong(p)}]
n : wire for tying up bales of hay