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wired
[ wahyuhrd ]
adjective
- equipped with wires, as for electricity or telephone service.
a wired barrier.
- tied or secured with wires:
wired bales of wastepaper.
- strengthened or supported with wires:
a sculpture of wired papier-mâché.
- Slang. tense with excitement or anticipation; edgy.
- equipped so as to receive cable television.
- connected electronically to one or more computer networks.
wired
/ ɲɪə /
adjective
- edgy from stimulant intake
- excited, nervous, or tense
- using computers to send and receive information, esp via the internet
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɱ-ɾ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
We are connected, and wired to one another, but sometimes those connections can hang on a not-so-protected string.
We went home, plopped on the couch and, zonked but inexplicably wired, watched the entirety of "Men in Black," which I’d never seen.
So, some people like barber Damian are still enjoying the novelty of getting wired up only a year and a half ago.
“Most people are not wired to that level.”
The bank has come under scrutiny for the integrity of its internal controls ever since it accidentally wired $900 million to creditors involved in a fight with beauty company Revlon five years ago.
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