wired
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/waɪəd/
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/waɪəd/ · /waɪɹd/
Definition of wired
10 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.
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adj
- 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.
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(slang)Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.
“After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep.”
“I drank a jar of coffee / And then I took some of these / And I'm totally wired”
“I'm walking through streets that are dead / Walking, walking with you in my head / My feet are so tired, my brain is so wired”
“Too wired to die, too under fire to think”
- Having wiry feathers.
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(slang)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're in Africa.”
- (slang)Being a pair in seven-card stud with one face up and one face down.
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(slang)Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.
“I was dealt three of a kind, wired.”
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(informal)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.”
“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[…]”
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of wire
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From wire + -ed.
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