wired

English

Etymology

Fromwire+‎-ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/waɪəd/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/waɪɹd/

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• Rhymes:-aɪə(ɹ)d

Adjective

wired(comparativemorewired,superlativemostwired)

1. Equippedwithwires,so as toconnectto apowersourceor to otherelectricorelectronicequipment;connectedbywires.
2. Equipped withhiddenelectroniceavesdroppingdevices.
3. Reinforced,supported,tiedorboundwith wire.
4. (slang)Veryexcited,overstimulated;high-strung.

   After three cups of coffee she was toowiredto sleep.

   • 1980,“Totally Wired”,performed byThe Fall:

     I drank a jar of coffee / And then I took some of these / And I'm totallywired

   • 1997,Bob Dylan(lyrics and music), “Love Sick”, inTime Out of Mind:

     I'm walking through streets that are dead / Walking, walking with you in my head / My feet are so tired, my brain is sowired

   • 2016,Doseone(lyrics and music), “Enter the Gungeon”, inEnter the GungeonOST:

     Toowiredto die, too under fire to think

5. (zoology)Havingwiryfeathers.
6. (pokerslang)Being apairinseven-card studwith one face up and one face down.

   Synonym:back to back

7. (pokerslang)Beingthree of a kindas the first three cards inseven card stud.

   I was dealt three of a kind,wired.

8. (informal,of people or communities)Connectedto theInternet;online.
   • 2002,Derek Da Cunha,Singapore in the new millennium: challenges facing the city-state,page247:

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

   • 2004December,Cincinnati Magazine,volume38,number 3, page44:

     Coffee drinkers now have yet another way to getwired.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

Derived terms

• hardwired
• hot-wired
• razor-wired

Translations

equipped with wires

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:please add this translation if you can

• Finnish:langallinen,kiinteä(fi)
• French:branché(fr)
• German:kabelgebunden(de)
• Hungarian:vezetékes(hu)
• Spanish:conectado(es),cableado(es),alámbrico

equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices

• Chinese:

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• Finnish:salakuunneltu(fi)
• French:sur écoute(fr)morf
• German:verwanzt(de)
• Hungarian:bemikrofonozott,bedrótozott
• Spanish:please add this translation if you can

reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire

• Chinese:

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• Finnish:langallavahvistettu,langallakiinnitetty
• French:attaché(fr)
• German:verdrahtet(de),mit Draht verstärkt
• Hungarian:huzalbetétes,drótbetétes,huzalozott,drótozott,drót-(hu),huzal-(hu),huzalos,drótos(hu),dróttalösszekötött/összefogott
• 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),aufgekratzt(de)
• Hungarian:izgatott(hu),feszült(hu),(colloquial)felpörgött,felspannolt
• Spanish:enchufado(es)(slang)

Verb

wired

1. simplepastandpastparticipleofwire

References

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

Anagrams

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

Middle English

Noun

wired

1. Alternative form ofwerde