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verb (used with object)
1.
Slang. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition.
adjective
2.
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.
Origin:
1950–55
1950–55
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| hot-wire | |
| —vb | |
| slang (tr) to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by bypassing the ignition switch | |
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