'hot-wire' definitions:
Definition of 'hot-wire'
(from WordNet)
verb
Start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock; "The woman who lost the car keys had to hot-wire her van"
Definition of 'hot-wire'
From: GCIDE
- hot-wire \hot-wire\ v. t. to start (a car) by using a wire instead of a key, as when stealing the car; the wire is connected to points in the ignition circuit that bypass the key. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]