hot-wire
See also: hotwire
English
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editEtymology
editFrom hot + wire, with hot referring to electrical current.
Pronunciation
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Verb
edithot-wire (third-person singular simple present hot-wires, present participle hot-wiring, simple past and past participle hot-wired)
- (transitive, slang) To start an automobile engine by bypassing the ignition key wiring.
- (transitive, slang) To steal a vehicle by bypassing the ignition key's security.
- 1984, Alex Cox, Repo Man, spoken by Bud (Harry Dean Stanton):
- Never broke into a car, never hotwired a car. Never broke into a truck. 'I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm' It's what I call the Repo Code, kid!
Translations
edithot-wire
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