WIRE MEANING IN SPANISH

Definition & Synonyms

• Wire

1. (v. t.) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
2. (n.) The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show;
3. (n.) A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges stand, to mark the line at which the races end.
4. (n.) the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for office.
5. (n.) One who picks womens pockets.
6. (n.) A knitting needle.
7. (n.) A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
8. (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires.
9. (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph.
10. (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message.
11. (v. t.) To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
12. (v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
13. (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
14. (v. i.) To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.

• Wire gun

1. () = Wire-wound gun.

• Wire tapper

1. () a swindler who pretends to tap wires or otherwise intercept advance telegraphic news for betting.
2. () One that taps, or cuts in on, telegraph wires and intercepts messages;