"hot-wire" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-hot-wire.ogg [Australia] Forms: hot-wires [present, singular, third-person], hot-wiring [participle, present], hot-wired [participle, past], hot-wired [past]
Etymology: hot + wire, with hot referring to electrical current. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hot|wire}} hot + wire, {{m|en|hot}} hot Head templates: {{en-verb}} hot-wire (third-person singular simple present hot-wires, present participle hot-wiring, simple past and past participle hot-wired)
  1. (slang) To start an automobile engine by bypassing the ignition key wiring. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-hot-wire-en-verb-EMzCMHD8 Disambiguation of Crime: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 68 32
  2. (slang) To steal a vehicle by bypassing the ignition key's security. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-hot-wire-en-verb-7NWt9odY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hotwire Translations (hot-wire): koble (Norwegian), hacer un puente (Spanish), tjuvkoppla (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'hot-wire': 0 0

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