hotwire

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A form of hot-wire — To wire, especially to a power supply, using a makeshift electrical connection.

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

verbhotwire (third-person singular simple present hotwires, present participle hotwiring, simple past and past participle hotwired)

present singular third person hotwires · participle present hotwiring · participle past hotwired · past hotwired

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of hot-wire.

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