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Dictionary: wired   (wīrd) pronunciation

adj.
  1. Equipped with a system of wires, as for electric, telephone, cable television, or computer network connections.
  2. Slang. Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices: a wired hotel room.
    1. Reinforced or supported by wires.
    2. Tied or bound up with wire: wired bundles of newspaper.
  3. Slang. Having numerous influential connections, as with high-ranking members of an organization.
  4. Slang. Very stimulated or excited, as from a stimulant or a rush of adrenaline.

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Connected. Slang for "with it," and "in tune."

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Equipped with a flexible cable of wire especially for electric or telephone service; Telegraphed.

pronunciation Churchill wired back. — George Bernard Shaw

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forsynet med ledninger, ophidset, nervøs

Nederlands (Dutch)
aangesloten, getelegrafeerd

Français (French)
adj. - excité, équipé de micros/de mise sur écoute

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nervös, drahtverstärkt, verkabelt, telegrafiert

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ΗΠΑ) νευρικός, στα καρφιά, καλωδιωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
cablato, collegato, cablare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - reforçado com arame

Русский (Russian)
армированный, кабельный (телевидение), находящийся в нервном напряжении

Español (Spanish)
adj. - alambrado, cableado, conectado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - armerad, inhägnad med metalltråd

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
以线加强的, 以铁丝围起的, 供以电线的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 以線加強的, 以鐵絲圍起的, 供以電線的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유선의, 철사로 보강한, 쇠망을 친

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 有線の, 針金で補強した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مسلك, مقوى بالأسلاك, مزود بأسلاك كهربائيه, محاط بسياج سلكي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחובר למכשירי חשמל, מופעל ע"י חשמל, קשור בתיל‬


 
 

 

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