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Wired
//waɪəd// adj, verb, slang
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Adjective
- 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 Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung. slang
"After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep."
- 5 Having wiry feathers.
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- 6 All worked out; completely understood. slang
"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."
- 7 Being a pair in seven-card stud with one face up and one face down. slang
- 8 Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud. slang
"I was dealt three of a kind, wired."
- 9 Connected to the Internet; online. informal
"In typical Singaporean style, however, once the decision to get wired was made, the various agencies moved to ensure the Internet diffused very quickly."
Adjective
- 1 tied or bound with wire wordnet
- 2 tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline wordnet
- 3 equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service wordnet
- 4 having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices wordnet
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of wire form-of, participle, past
Etymology
Etymology 1
From wire + -ed.
Etymology 2
From wire + -ed.
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