wired
Americanadjective
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equipped with wires, as for electricity or telephone service.
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made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires.
a wired barrier.
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tied or secured with wires.
wired bales of wastepaper.
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strengthened or supported with wires.
a sculpture of wired papier-mâché.
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Slang. tense with excitement or anticipation; edgy.
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equipped so as to receive cable television.
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connected electronically to one or more computer networks.
adjective
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edgy from stimulant intake
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excited, nervous, or tense
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using computers to send and receive information, esp via the internet
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Etymology
Origin of wired
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at wire, -ed 3
Vocabulary lists containing wired
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The first may have been Miles Klee of Wired, whose report appeared on March 3.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
According to legal filings cited by Wired, the action was launched on Wednesday in the Southern District of New York.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
“The thing that excites me the most is working with people who are smarter than me, because it amplifies your own abilities,” LeCun told Wired magazine in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
Earlier this year, Meta offered up pay packages worth as much as $300 million to poach top-level researchers from rival OpenAI, according to Wired.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025
Jesse knew me as a writer for Rolling Stone, Wired, and Hotwired, the former website of the Wired empire, and that seemed to be enough.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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