To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply
wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors. [1913
Webster]
To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads. [1913
Webster]
To snare by means of a wire or wires. [1913
Webster]
To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.] [1913
Webster]
(Croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a
wicket prevents a successful shot. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
to equip with a system of wiring, especially for
supply of electrical power or communication; as, to wire an office
for networking the computers; to wire a building with 220-Volt
current. [PJC]
to equip with an electronic system for
eavesdropping; to bug; as, to wire the office of a mob boss; to
wire an informant so as to record his conversations. [PJC]
Word Net
wired adj1 equipped with wire or wires especially for
electric or telephone service; "a well-wired house" [ant: wireless]
2 tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a
rush of adrenaline; "we were really pumped up for the race"; "he
was so pumped he couldn't sleep" [syn: pumped-up(a),
pumped
up(p), pumped(p)]
3 tied or bound with wire; "wired bundles of
newspapers"
Adjective
- 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,
hyper; high-strung.
- After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep.
- In the context of "poker slang": A pair in Seven card stud with one face up and one face down
- In the context of "poker slang": Three of
a kind as the first three cards in Seven card
stud
- I was dealt three of a kind, wired.
Translations
Equipped with wires; connected by wires
- German: kabelgebunden
Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping
devices
- German: verwanzt
Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire
- German: verdrahted
Very excited, hyper; high-strung
- German: aufgedreht
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Verb
wired- past of wire
Wire(s) or Wired may refer to:
- Wire, a strand of drawn metal used especially in electrical conductors
- Wire transfer, for transferring money
- The Wire (TV series), an HBO TV series
- Wire (band), a British post-punk band
- Wire (song), a song of Irish rock band U2
- Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE), a spacecraft intended to produce an infrared survey of the entire sky
- NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service (WIRES), an animal welfare organisation in Australia.
- "Wires" (song), a song by British rock band Athlete, from their second album Tourist
- Barbed wire
- Barbed tape ("Razor wire")
- Electrical wiring
- Solid wire
- Stranded wire
WIRE may refer to:
Wire may also refer to:
- Newswire services, nicknamed "wires" by journalists
- Covert listening device or telephone tap
- Telegraph, or the act of using a telegraph
- Warrington Wolves, a British rugby league team nicknamed "wire"
Wired may also refer to:
- Wired (magazine), an American technology magazine
-
- Wired News, its associated website
- Wired (album), a 1976 album by Jeff Beck
- "Wired Part 1" and "Wired Part 2", episodes of the television series The Zeta Project
- Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi, a 1985 book
-
- Wired (film), a 1989 adaptation of the above book
- Wired (TV series), a New Zealand TV series
- Wired (demoparty), a Belgian demoparty
- Wired (energy drink), a beverage
- The Wired, a fictional computer network in the anime series Serial Experiments Lain
- List of Power Rangers: SPD episodes, episode #14-15 ("Wired"), episode of Power Rangers: SPD
wired in German: Wire
wired in French: Wire
wired in Japanese: ワイアード
wired in Norwegian:
Wire