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wired

UK/waɪəd//waɪɹd/

wired adjective: equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires. Also the simple past and past participle of wire.

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.
    • 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 wired1980, “Totally Wired”, performed by The Fall
  5. Having wiry feathers.
  6. (slang) 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....1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer
  7. (slang) Being a pair in seven-card stud with one face up and one face down.
    Synonyms:
    back to back
  8. (slang) Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.
    • I was dealt three of a kind, wired.
  9. (informal) 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.2002, Derek Da Cunha, Singapore in the new millennium: challenges facing the city-state, page 247
    • 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[…]2004 December, Cincinnati Magazine, volume 38, number 3, page 44

Also used as

wired is also the simple past and past participle of wire.

wired meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

wired in Hindi

वायर्ड, तारयुक्त

wired in Tamil

வயர்டு

wired in Marathi

वायर्ड, तारयुक्त, वायर्ड करण्यासाठी

wired in Urdu

وایرڈ, وائرڈ
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wired in Bengali
তারযুক্ত, ওয়্যার্ডযুক্ত, ওয়্যার্ড করা
wired in Telugu
వైర్డు, వైర్డు చేయబడింది, వైర్డు చెయ్యడానికి
wired in Malayalam
വയർഡ്, വയർഡ് ചെയ്യാൻ
wired in Kannada
ವೈರ್ಡ್
wired in Punjabi
ਵਾਇਰਡ
wired in Gujarati
વાયર્ડ, વાયર કરેલું, વાયર્ડ કરવા
wired in Odia
ତାରଯୁକ୍ତ
wired in Nepali
तारयुक्त

Examples of wired in a sentence

  • I'm walking through streets that are dead / Walking, walking with you in my head / My feet are so tired, my brain is so wired1997, Bob Dylan, “Love Sick”, in Time Out of Mind:
  • Too wired to die, too under fire to think2016, Doseone, “Enter the Gungeon”, in Enter the Gungeon OST:
  • 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.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:

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Synonyms of wired

Antonyms

Forms of wired

comparativemore wired
superlativemost wired

Origin of wired

From wire + -ed.

Words formed from wired

Phrases with wired

Words that rhyme with wired

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Questions about wired

What does wired mean?
Wired means equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.
What is wired in Hindi?
Wired in Hindi is वायर्ड, तारयुक्त. See Wired meaning in Hindi.
How do you use wired in a sentence?
I'm walking through streets that are dead / Walking, walking with you in my head / My feet are so tired, my brain is so wired
What part of speech is wired?
Wired is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wired?
Wired is pronounced /waɪəd/ (UK).

Words near wired in the dictionary

  1. wirecloth
  2. wirecloths
  3. wirecutter
  4. wirecutters
  5. wirecutting
  6. wired
  7. wired away
  8. wired in
  9. wired off
  10. wired to the gills
  11. wiredancer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wired (page history and authors); wired (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wired (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wired (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wired (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wired (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wired (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wired (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wired (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wired (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wired (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wired (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wired (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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