hot-wire

hot-wire

(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.

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hot-wire

vb

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

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hot′-wire′

v.t. -wired, -wir•ing.

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

[1950–55]

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hot-wire

Past participle: hot-wired
Gerund: hot-wiring

Imperative

hot-wire

hot-wire

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

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"

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Translations

hot-wire

[ˈhɒtwaɪəʳ] VT → hacerle el puente a

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