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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A fence made of usually barbed wire.
  • A metal conductor that carries electricity.
  • A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable
  • billiards A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
  • informal A deadline or critical endpoint.
  • informal A telecommunication wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; a telegram
  • slang A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
  • sports A finish line of a racetrack.
  • uncountable Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.

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Verb:

  • informal To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominately by telegraph.
  • slang To install eavesdropping equipment.
  • To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
  • To equip with wires for use with electricity.
  • To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
  • To make someone tense or psyched-up.
  • To string on a wire.

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