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Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable.
James Wolcott

Meaning of "wiry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WIRY

wiry  [ˈwaɪərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WIRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wiry is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WIRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wiry

Wiry may refer to the following places in Poland: ▪ Wiry, Lower Silesian Voivodeship ▪ Wiry, Łódź Voivodeship ▪ Wiry, Subcarpathian Voivodeship ▪ Wiry, Greater Poland Voivodeship ▪ Wiry, West Pomeranian Voivodeship...

Definition of wiry in the English dictionary

The first definition of wiry in the dictionary is slender but strong in constitution. Other definition of wiry is made of or resembling wire, esp in stiffness. Wiry is also produced by or as if by a vibrating wire.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WIRY


aiery
ˈaɪərɪ
briary
ˈbraɪərɪ
briery
ˈbraɪərɪ
diary
ˈdaɪərɪ
enquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
expiry
ɪkˈspaɪərɪ
fiery
ˈfaɪərɪ
firie
ˈfaɪərɪ
friary
ˈfraɪərɪ
inquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
lire
ˈlɪərɪ
miry
ˈmaɪərɪ
perspiry
pəˈspaɪərɪ
praemunire
ˌpriːmjʊˈnaɪərɪ
priory
ˈpraɪərɪ
quagmiry
ˈkwæɡˌmaɪərɪ
query
ˈkwɪərɪ
spiry
ˈspaɪərɪ
theory
ˈθɪərɪ
unmiry
ʌnˈmaɪərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WIRY

wiretap
wiretapped
wiretapper
wiretapping
wirewalker
wireway
wirework
wireworker
wireworks
wireworm
wirier
wiriest
wirilda
wirily
wiriness
wiring
wirra
wirrah
Wirral
wis

WORDS THAT END LIKE WIRY

airy
airy-fairy
board of inquiry
commission of inquiry
committee of inquiry
court of inquiry
dairy
fairy
glairy
hairy
judicial enquiry
judicial inquiry
lairy
non-dairy
parliamentary inquiry
public enquiry
public inquiry
tooth fairy
triumviry
vairy

Synonyms and antonyms of wiry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WIRY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wiry» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of wiry
bristly · coarse · curly · kinky · lean · rough · sinewy · skinny · spare · stiff · stringy · strong · thin · tough

Translation of «wiry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WIRY

Find out the translation of wiry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wiry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wiry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 瘦而结实的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enjuto y fuerte
570 millions of speakers

English

wiry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कडा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سلكي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жилистый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rijo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নমনীয় কিন্তু শক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nerveux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wiry
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

drahtig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

細身で筋肉質の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마르고도 강인한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wiry
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tóc cứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலமுள்ள
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कपाळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sırım gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

magro e muscoloso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żylasty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жилавий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sarmos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νευρώδης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

taai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sträv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wiry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WIRY»

The term «wiry» is regularly used and occupies the 71.573 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WIRY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wiry

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2 QUOTES WITH «WIRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wiry.
1
Paget Brewster
I'm like this wiry freak they pulled out of a bar two months ago and said, 'Let's throw it on the wall and see if it sticks.'
2
James Wolcott
Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIRY»

Discover the use of wiry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wiry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Qin Bowei Anthology: Clinical Essays by Master Physician ...
distension, and enlargement, all the pulses on both hands may be wiry, or the right hand pulse may be more exuberant than the left. The illness may then enter a more confused phase where the pulse becomes floating, large, wiry, tense, and  ...
Po-wei Chʻin, Charles Chace, Zhang Ting Liang, 1997
2
Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine
... weak rolling, 102, 160 pulse, weak thin, 83 pulse, weak thin rolling, 103 pulse, weak with irregular heartbeat, 219 pulse, wiry, 66, 1 13, 117, 137, 163, 201-202, 205, 226, 233, 250, 258-259 pulse, wiry choppy, 165, 194-195 pulse, wiry rapid,  ...
Ping Chen, 2004
3
The Psyche in Chinese Medicine: Treatment of Emotional and ...
I find that a Wiry pulse is a reliable indication of emotions such as anger, repressed anger, frustration, hatred or resentment. Indeed, I would go as far as to say that if the pulse is not Wiry (at least in one position), then the problem is not from ...
Giovanni Maciocia, 2009
4
The plays and poems of William Shakspeare: with the ...
Where but by chance a silver drop hath fallen, Even to that drop ten thousand wiry friends 4 Do glew themselves in sociable grief ; Like true, inseparable, faithful loves, Sticking together in calamity. Const. To England, if you will 5. s Bind up ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, 1821
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Code of the Fates
The shorter, wiry doctor, who had camera lens goggles propped up on his forehead, testpoked Norm a couple times. “How many of those pokes hurt you?” the doctor asked. “Three; the lower poke stung worst. Aren't ya gonna put me out ?
Uva Be Dolezal, 2011
6
Rogue Slave
The wiry one said mildly, "I didn't think he was so crazy about the letter of the law. " "He isn't." Joe Cleeve had the nastiest smile of any white man that either of the black; had ever seen. "Just that those others try harder to get away, and that ...
Lionel Webb, 2010
7
Wiry, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A village, known locally as a "selo" ( ), is considered the lowest administrative unit.
Jamey Franciscus Modestus, 2012
8
Encyclopedia of K9 Terminology:
Wiry jacket. Functional wiry coat. A wirehaired coat has a hard, harsh, coarse, crisp, wirelike or wiry texture. It is a double coat, with a top coat and an undercoat. The top coat is harsh and wiry in texture. It protects the dog from the elements and ...
Edward M. Gilbert, Jr, Patricia H. Gilbert, 2013
9
Everyone and Everything in George Eliot
Ben Cranage ('Wiry Ben'). " 'Hoorray!' shouted a small lithe fellow, called Wiry Ben, running forward and seizing the door." 1 — at the preaching: "Wiry Ben was feeling very uncomfortable, and almost wishing he had not come to hear Dinah; ...
George Newlin, 2006
10
Xie's Chinese Veterinary Herbology
Channels and collaterals Integument Heart Lung Bowels Liver Uterus Localized pain in muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joints Lavender tongue; tight to wiry, choppy pulse Purpura; ecchymoses; dry, thickened skin; pruritis; self-trauma Pale  ...
Huisheng Xie, Vanessa Preast, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wiry is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Delicate, wiry sand whiskers tolerates the heat
Summer has set in with its usual severity. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1826. Now who would have thought that Coleridge actually visited my home town, ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
2
Groźne wiry, strzały i patrol "duchów". Gienieczko rozpoczął …
Tutaj rzeka płynęła ostro i nie byłoby problemów, gdyby nie potężne wiry na rzece Ene, które doskonale opisał Joe Kane w książce "Z nurtem Amazonki" o ... «TVN24, Jun 15»
3
Wiry coach Dorazio commands respect
His loud voice — heard across the Griffiths Stadium field — doesn't match its wiry source. “He's a beauty, though,” says former CFL O-lineman Angus Reid, ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jun 15»
4
Meet Campbell's newest additions: three wiry kittens
CAMPBELL -- This city has some very cute -- but very young -- new residents: three black-and-white, wiry haired kittens. The one-week old trio -- consisting of 2 ... «San Jose Mercury News, Apr 15»
5
Record Bin: The wiry post-punk defiance of Magazine's “Real Life”
The post-punk scene in the late '70s was filled with bands who infused their songs with punk's vitriolic punch but who also weren't afraid to inject a bit of pop ... «Nooga.com, Apr 15»
6
H Hawkline: In the Pink of Condition review – a carousel of wiry
Produced by Cate Le Bon – who he also plays for – In the Pink of Condition is a carousel of wiry weirdo pop that references Paul McCartney's Ram. It is warm ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
7
Sketch: Double or Nothing
Scott is small and wiry, like someone who rides a bike for a living. You could call him weathered, but it's an 'Indiana Jones' kind of weathered. The kind of ... «Bike Magazine, Jan 15»
8
Wiry menace waits to catch pedestrians on Adelaide St.: The Fixer
Wiry menace waits to catch pedestrians on Adelaide St.: The Fixer. A jumble of wires surrounded by a broken base was sticking out of the sidewalk, with nothing ... «Toronto Star, Jan 15»
9
MIDDLETOWN: WIRY CHARACTER SIGHTED
mtown wire figure 121014 The odd presence of a sketchy figure, seen leaning against a utility pole on Hubbard Avenue near West Front Street in Middletown ... «redbankgreen, Dec 14»
10
Solutions For Unwanted Facial Hair
Unfortunately it is not long, glossy and on your head, but tends to be of the strong, wiry type on your chin or upper lip and that is more difficult to deal with. «Bioidentical Hormone Health, Nov 14»

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