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(hŏt′wīr′)

tr.v. hot-wired, hot-wir·ing, hot-wires Informal

To start the engine of (a car, for example) without a key, as by short-circuiting the ignition system.

(Automotive Engineering) (tr) slang to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by bypassing the ignition switch

hot′-wire′

v.t. -wired, -wir•ing.

to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition.

[1950–55]

Past participle: hot-wired
Gerund: hot-wiring

Imperative
hot-wire
hot-wire

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hot-wiring
you will have been hot-wiring
he/she/it will have been hot-wiring
we will have been hot-wiring
you will have been hot-wiring
they will have been hot-wiring

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Verb

hot-wire - start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock; "The woman who lost the car keys had to hot-wire her van"

start up, start - get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"

Translations

[ˈhɒtwaɪəʳ] VT → hacerle el puente a

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