wired

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /waɪəd/ / /waɪɹd/

Etymology: Etymology tree English wire English -ed English wired From wire + -ed.

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.
Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.
“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”
Having wiry feathers.
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.”
Being a pair in seven-card stud with one face up and one face down.
Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.
“I was dealt three of a kind, wired.”
Connected to the Internet; online.
“In typical Singaporean style, however, once the decision to get wired was made, the various agencies moved to ensure the Internet diffused very quickly.”
“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[…]”

Etymology: Etymology tree English wire English -ed English wired From wire + -ed.