wire

Definitions

• (uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
• A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
• A metal conductor that carries electricity.
• A fence made of usually barbed wire.
• (sports) A finish line of a racetrack.
• (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable
• (by extension) 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.
• (informal) A deadline or critical endpoint.
• (billiards) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
• (usually) Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
• (archaic) A pickpocket who targets women.
• (slang) A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
• (Scotland) A knitting needle.
• The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.