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hot-wire

Pronunciation: (
—v.hot'wī^ur';
—adj.hot'wī^ur"), [key]
—v., -wired, -wir•ing,
—adj.

—v.t.
Slang.to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition.

—adj.
Elect., Engin.depending for its operation on the lengthening or increasing resistance of a wire when it is heated: hot-wire anemometer; hot-wire microphone.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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