wired
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wired
- /waɪəd/ UK
- /waɪɹd/ US
Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)d
Where it comes from
From wire + -ed.
adjective more wired · most wired
- Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.
- Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.
- Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.
- Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung. After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep.
- Having wiry feathers.
- All worked out; completely understood. You find out where the rocks are, how the waves are breaking over the rocks or reef. Find out if there's any funny little fish who might be mad - things like that. What we call "getting a place wired." After you get it wired, it's just like... riding waves back in the U.S.A., except you aren't. You'
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Being a pair in seven-card stud with one face up and one face down.
Similar: back to back
- Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud. I was dealt three of a kind, wired.
- Connected to the Internet; online. In typical Singaporean style, however, once the decision to get wired was made, the various agencies moved to ensure the Internet diffused very quickly.
verb
- simple past and past participle of wire
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bugged, connected, pumped-up, tense, bound, pumped up, stiffened, electrified, cabling, wireline, cable, fire, networked, shipped, linked, attached
Translations
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adj equipped with wires
| Español | conectado, cableado, alámbrico, con cable |
|---|---|
| Français | branché |
| Deutsch | kabelgebunden |
adj equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices
| Français | sur écoute |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | verwanzt |
adj reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire
| Français | attaché |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | verdrahtet, mit Draht verstärkt |
adj very excited, hyper; high-strung
| Español | enchufado, muy acelerado, tenso |
|---|---|
| Português | acelerado, pilhado |
| Français | surexcité |
| Deutsch | aufgedreht, aufgekratzt |
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title = {wired},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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