hot-wire
verb /ˈhɒt waɪə(r)/
/ˈhɑːt waɪər/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hot-wire | /ˈhɒt waɪə(r)/ /ˈhɑːt waɪər/ |
| he / she / it hot-wires | /ˈhɒt waɪəz/ /ˈhɑːt waɪərz/ |
| past simple hot-wired | /ˈhɒt waɪəd/ /ˈhɑːt waɪərd/ |
| past participle hot-wired | /ˈhɒt waɪəd/ /ˈhɑːt waɪərd/ |
| -ing form hot-wiring | /ˈhɒt waɪərɪŋ/ /ˈhɑːt waɪərɪŋ/ |
- hot-wire something to start the engine of a vehicle by using a piece of wire instead of a key, usually in order to steal the vehicle
- He hot-wired a truck and drove it through a prison fence.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHot-wire is used with these nouns as the object:- car