wired

adjective

ˈwī(-ə)rd 

1

: reinforced by wire (as for strength)

2

a

: furnished with wires (as for electric connections)

b

: connected to a telecommunications network and especially to the Internet

c

: characterized by a connection to the Internet

the wired world

3

: bound with wire

a wired container

4

: having a wirework netting or fence

5

informal : full of excitement or nervous energy

After their big day at the amusement park, the kids were too wired to sleep.

She was wired. Looked like she'd been drinking coffee all night.

—Lee Child

Examples of wired in a Sentence

No more caffeine for me, I'm pretty wired.

a group of wired teenagers

Recent Examples on the Web

In car ride requests with the windows down, in a split pair of wired headphones on the subway home. —Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025

Simington wants to redirect money to Elon Musk's Starlink system and away from wired broadband networks, even though fiber networks offer superior service and are more future-proof. —ArsTechnica, 12 May 2025

Keep scrolling to shop similar styles, plus a pair of wired headphones to really copy the star in the weeks ahead. —Nicol Natale, People.com, 3 May 2025

Our Review Apple iPhone 16e 4.0 Excellent $599.00 at Apple.com $599 at Apple.com Read Our Review There’s a 3.5mm headphone jack for wired headphones and Bluetooth 5.3 for wireless ones. —PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing wired

• wired (a little) too tight/tightly

Rhymes for wired

• fired
• hired
• quired
• sired
• tired
• acquired
• admired
• backfired
• conspired
• desired
• enquired
• hardwired

Kids Definition

wired

adjective

1

: reinforced or bound with wire

a wired container

2

: having a netting or fence of wire

a wired pen for chickens

3

informal : extremely excited

were wired after their victory