wired

wired

English

Etymology

• wire +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)d

Adjective

wired (comparative more wired, superlative most wired)

1. Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.
2. Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.
3. Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.
4. (slang) Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.

   After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep.

5. (zoology) Having wiry feathers.
6. (poker slang) Being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down.
7. (poker slang) Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.

   I was dealt three of a kind, wired.

8. (informal, of people or communities) Connected to the Internet; online.
   • 2002, Derek Da Cunha, Singapore in the new millennium: challenges facing the city-state (page 247)

     In typical Singaporean style, however, once the decision to get wired was made, the various agencies moved to ensure the Internet diffused very quickly.

   • 2004, Cincinnati Magazine (volume 38, number 3, December 2004, page 44)

     Coffee drinkers now have yet another way to get wired. Laptop and Tablet PC users can have their double grande mocha lattes and surf the Web simultaneously at STARBUCKS […]

Synonyms

• (equipped with a connection wire): corded

Antonyms

• wireless

Translations

equipped with wires

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: langallinen, kiinteä (fi)

French: branché (fr) German: kabelgebunden Spanish: conectado (es), cableado (es), alámbrico

equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: salakuunneltu

French: sur écoute (fr) m or f German: verwanzt (de) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: langalla vahvistettu, langalla kiinnitetty

French: attaché (fr) German: verdrahted Spanish: please add this translation if you can

very excited, hyper; high-strung

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ylikierroksilla käyvä (verb)

French: surexcité (fr) German: aufgedreht (de) Spanish: enchufado (es) (slang)

Verb

wired

1. simple past tense and past participle of wire

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

Anagrams

• Dwire, WEIRD, weird, weïrd, wider, wierd, wride, wried