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wired
wired
English
Adjective
wired (comparative more wired, superlative most wired)
- 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.
- (slang) Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.
- After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep.
- (poker slang) A pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down.
- (poker slang) Three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.
- I was dealt three of a kind, wired.
- (informal, of people or communities) Connected to the Internet; online.
- 2002, Derek Da Cunha, Singapore in the new millennium: challenges facing the city-state (page 247)
- In typical Singaporean style, however, once the decision to get wired was made, the various agencies moved to ensure the Internet diffused very quickly.
- 2004, Cincinnati Magazine (volume 38, number 3, December 2004, page 44)
- 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 […]
- 2002, Derek Da Cunha, Singapore in the new millennium: challenges facing the city-state (page 247)
Synonyms
- (equipped with a connection wire): corded
Antonyms
Translations
Equipped with wires; connected by wires
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Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire
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Very excited, hyper; high-strung
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References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Verb
wired
- simple past tense and past participle of wire