hot-wires
hot-wires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hot-wire.
Meaning of hot-wire
Verb
hot-wire (third-person singular simple present hot-wires, present participle hot-wiring, simple past and past participle hot-wired)
- To wire, especially to a power supply, using a makeshift electrical connection.
- I bypassed the switch and hot-wired the circuit board to the power supply.
- In particular, to start (an automobile engine) by bypassing the ignition key wiring, especially in order to steal the vehicle.
- 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!1984, Alex Cox, Repo Man, spoken by Bud (Harry Dean Stanton)
Questions about hot-wires
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- Hot-wires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hot-wire.
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