Usually means: Thin, strong, and flexible texture.
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  2. wiry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wiry: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. Wiry, wiry: Wordnik
  7. wiry: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. wiry: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. wiry: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. wiry: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. wiry: Dictionary.com
  13. wiry: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. WIRY (AM), WIRY: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Wiry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. wiry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. wiry: Rhymezone
  18. Wiry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. wiry: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. wiry: Free Dictionary
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  1. wiry: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Wiry: Urban Dictionary

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adjective:  Thin, muscular and flexible.

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