Hired vs. Wired

simple past tense and past participle of hire

performing work for pay; as, hired hands.

having services engaged for a fee;

Example: ‘hired hands’; ‘a hired gun’;

hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers;

Example: ‘a chartered plane’; ‘the chartered buses arrived on time’;

Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.

Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.

Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.

(slang) Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.

Example: ‘After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep.’;

(zoology) Having wiry feathers.

(poker slang) Being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down.

(poker slang) Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.

Example: ‘I was dealt three of a kind, wired.’;

Connected to the Internet; online.

simple past tense and past participle of wire

equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service;

Example: ‘a well-wired house’;

tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline;

Example: ‘we were really pumped up for the race’; ‘he was so pumped he couldn't sleep’;

tied or bound with wire;

Example: ‘wired bundles of newspapers’;