wired

English Online Dictionary. What means wired‎? What does wired mean?

English

Etymology

From wire +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /waɪəd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /waɪɹd/
• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d

Adjective

wired (comparative more wired, superlative most wired)

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. (slang) Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.
5. (zoology) Having wiry feathers.
6. (poker slang) Being a pair in seven-card stud with one face up and one face down.

   Synonym: back to back

7. (poker slang) Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.

8. (informal, of people or communities) Connected to the Internet; online.

Synonyms

• (equipped with a connection wire): corded

Antonyms

• wireless

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

wired

1. simple past and past participle of wire

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 of werde