wired

English

/waɪɹd/, /waɪəd/

adj
Definitions
  • 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.
  • (poker slang) Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.
  • (informal) Connected to the Internet; online.

Etymology

Suffix from English wire.

Origin

English

wire

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