Wired
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /waɪəd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wired is an adjective meaning Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.
Meaning
Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.
More Meanings
- Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.
- Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.
- (zoology) Having wiry feathers.
- (poker slang) Being a pair in seven-card stud with one face up and one face down.
- (poker slang) Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.
- (slang) Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.
- (slang) All worked out; completely understood.
Example Sentences
I was dealt three of a kind, wired.
Too wired to die, too under fire to think
After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep.
I drank a jar of coffee / And then I took some of these / And I'm totally wired
Synonyms for wired
Depending on context, synonyms include corded, back to back, tense, connected, stiffened, pumped up.
Antonyms for wired
Common opposites include wireless.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bugged, connected, pumped-up, tense, bound, stiffened.
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