hot-wire

[hot-wahyuhr, hot-wahy^uhr]

verb (used with object)

hot-wired, hot-wiring 

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

adjective

1. Electricity, Engineering.,  depending for its operation on the lengthening or increasing resistance of a wire when it is heated.

   hot-wire anemometer; hot-wire microphone.

hot-wire

verb

1. slang,  (tr) to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by bypassing the ignition switch

Word History and Origins

Origin of hot-wire¹

First recorded in 1950–55

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