Usually means: Electrically charged, dangerous exposed cable.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word live wire:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. live wire: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. live-wire, live wire: Merriam-Webster
  3. live wire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. live wire: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. live wire: Collins English Dictionary
  6. live wire: Vocabulary.com
  7. live-wire, live wire: Wordnik
  8. live wire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. live-wire, live wire: Wiktionary
  10. live wire: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. live wire: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. live wire: Dictionary.com
  13. Live Wire (Marvel Comics), Live Wire (album), Live Wire (book), Live Wire (comics), Live Wire (film), Live Wire (novel), Live Wire, Live wire (electricity), Live wire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. live wire: Rhymezone
  15. live wire: FreeDictionary.org
  16. live wire: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. live wire: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. live wire: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (live wire)

noun:  (electricity) An electrical wire through which there is a flow of electrical current.
noun:  (figurative) An especially energetic, alert, or vivacious person.

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