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)
- 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.
- (zoology) Having wiry feathers.
- (poker slang) Being a pair in seven-card stud with one face up and one face down.
- Synonym: back to back
- (poker slang) Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.
- (informal, of people or communities) Connected to the Internet; online.
Synonyms
- (equipped with a connection wire): corded
Antonyms
- wireless
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
wired
- 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
- Alternative form of werde