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  1. Hotwire, hotwire: Wordnik
  2. hotwire: Wiktionary
  3. hotwire: Dictionary.com
  4. hotwire: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  5. Hotwire (band), Hotwire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. hotwire: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hotwire: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hotwire)

▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of hot-wire [(transitive, slang) To start an automobile engine by bypassing the ignition key wiring.]

Similar:
hardwire, short-circuit, wire-tap, kick-start, wire tap, kickstart, jumpstart, whizz, wirebrush, shortcircuit, more...

Opposite:
coldwire, unwire, disconnect, deactivate

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Similar:
hardwire, short-circuit, wire-tap, kick-start, wire tap, kickstart, jumpstart, whizz, wirebrush, shortcircuit, more...

Opposite:
coldwire, unwire, disconnect, deactivate



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