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Definition of hot-wire verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hot-wire

verb

hot-wire something (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they hot-wire

he / she / it hot-wires

past simple hot-wired

-ing form hot-wiring

to start the engine of a vehicle by using a piece of wire instead of a key He hot-wired a truck and drove it through a prison fence.

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