adjective
General Slang
wide
· adjective · irish
Streetwise, sharp, in the know — nobody pulls one over on you.
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Definitions
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Streetwise and on the ball — the opposite of a sap. Someone who's wide spots the wind-up coming, knows the angle, and isn't getting done. Often paired with 'cute' as in 'cute and wide' — a uniquely Irish compliment-slash-warning about a person who knows exactly what they're at.
“He's far too wide to fall for that one.”
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In phrasal use ('a wide boy', 'wide hoor') — a shrewd chancer who'll work every angle, sometimes admiringly, sometimes not.
“Yer man's a wide hoor, he had three deals running before breakfast.”
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wide In A Sentence
He's far too wide to fall for that one.
Yer man's a wide hoor, he had three deals running before breakfast.
Origin & Usage
Hiberno-English, 19th century. 'Wide' in the sense of 'wide awake' to what's going on — preserved in Ireland after fading elsewhere.
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