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wired.

Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/waɪəd/Received-Pronunciation/waɪɹd/General-American
  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.

  6. All worked out; completely understood.

    slang
  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
Where this word comes from

From wire + -ed.

verb/waɪəd/Received-Pronunciation/waɪɹd/General-American
  1. simple past and past participle of wire

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From wire + -ed.

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