HOT-WIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hot-wire mean? 

• HOT-WIRE (verb)
  The verb HOT-WIRE has 1 sense:

1. start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock

  Familiarity information: HOT-WIRE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOT-WIRE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hot-wire    ... he / she / it hot-wires   
Past simple: hot-wired   
Past participle: hot-wired   
-ing form: hot-wiring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The woman who lost the car keys had to hot-wire her van

Hypernyms (to "hot-wire" is one way to...):

start; start up (get going or set in motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something