wired en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /waɪəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /waɪɹd/ (General-American)
Etymology
From wire + -ed.
Meanings
- 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.
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
1997, Bob Dylan, “Love Sick”, in Time Out of Mind:Too wired to die, too under fire to think
2016, Doseone, “Enter the Gungeon”, in Enter the Gungeon OST:I drank a jar of coffee / And then I took some of these / And I'm totally wired
1980, “Totally Wired”, performed by The Fall:After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep.
- 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.
1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
- (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, of people or communities) Connected to the Internet; online.
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[…]
2004 December, Cincinnati Magazine, volume 38, number 3, page 44:In typical Singaporean style, however, once the decision to get wired was made, the various agencies moved to ensure the Internet diffused very quickly.
2002, Derek Da Cunha, Singapore in the new millennium: challenges facing the city-state, page 247:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more wired | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most wired | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
hardwired · razor-wired · autowired · non-wired · wired to the gills · hot-wired · unwired
Synonyms
corded (equipped with a connection wire) · back to back
Translations (41)
fr branché (equipped with wires) · fr attaché (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · de verdrahtet (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · hu drótbetétes (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · fi salakuunneltu (equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices) · pt pilhado (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · hu drótozott (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · es cableado (equipped with wires) · de kabelgebunden (equipped with wires) · fr sur écoute (equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices) · es muy acelerado (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · fi ylikierroksilla käyvä (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · hu huzalozott (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · es tenso (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · es alámbrico (equipped with wires) · fi langalla kiinnitetty (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · pt acelerado (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · hu drótos (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · hu huzalos (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · es conectado (equipped with wires) · fr surexcité (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · hu huzalbetétes (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · hu bemikrofonozott (equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices) · hu huzal- (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · hu drót- (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · es con cable (equipped with wires) · hu vezetékes (equipped with wires) · hu felpörgött (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · de verwanzt (equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices) · es enchufado (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · de aufgedreht (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · hu felspannolt (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · hu bedrótozott (equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices) · de mit Draht verstärkt (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · fi langalla vahvistettu (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · hu dróttal összekötött/összefogott (reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire) · fi langallinen (equipped with wires) · hu feszült (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · hu izgatott (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · de aufgekratzt (very excited, hyper; high-strung) · fi kiinteä (equipped with wires)