[v. hot-wahyuh
r; adj. hot-wahyuhr] 
verb, -wired, -wir⋅ing, adjective | 1. | Slang. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition. |
| 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. |