The woman who lost the car keys had to hot-wire her van. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : hot-wire anemometer; hot-wire microphone. From Dictionary.com.
For a hundred the kid would have let me hot-wire the Bentley. From Wordnik.com. [Fat Chance] Reference
Taught me to read, how to make scrambled eggs, how to hot-wire cars. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel Experiment]
"Clips!" he yells, ordering the alligator clips needed to hot-wire the engine. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Repo] Reference
He knew how to hot-wire, one of the benefits of having a mechanic for a father. From Wordnik.com. [The Killing Sea] Reference
Boyd was in town to warn him on the Gretzler hit and hot-wire a call girl's pad. From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
They just hot-wire a data bus, it wouldn't matter where it was or how secure the facility. From Wordnik.com. [Neurosurgical Intervention For Beginners] Reference
Mechanics who helped hot-wire any car that could be found to ferry people out of the City. From Wordnik.com. [choose one: scylla, charybdis] Reference
He'll have taken the keys-but I learned a lot from the P.D. I'll just hot-wire his damned Chevy. From Wordnik.com. [The Otherworld]
It was only twenty-four hours before they caught Boy in Dubois's used-car lot, trying to hot-wire an old Ford. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Pier]
There was the police Land Rover parked down the road, but what if they knew how to hot-wire it to get it started. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Dentist]
She made her way to the Jeep and, in the rapidly lightening forest, managed to hot-wire the vehicle with shaky fingers. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter]
The list of equipment is pretty extensive, too, and new items are arriving frequently (like a new hot-wire foam cutter). From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
For one thing, I don't have the keys and I bet he's put some nasty surprises in there for anyone who tries to hot-wire it. From Wordnik.com. [The Chrome Borne]
To stop the rampant theft of expensive cars, manufacturers in the 1990s began to make ignitions very difficult to hot-wire. From Wordnik.com. [Homeland Insecurity] Reference
Me and my friend Joe would hot-wire one, take it for a joyride, then leave it with an empty gas tank and a couple of smoked-up joints. From Wordnik.com. [Game for Seduction] Reference
Heavy traffic can make it difficult to hear his dogs, and during our first day in the field someone tried to hot-wire an ATV Bolen had left at the truck. From Wordnik.com. [The Boar War] Reference
Nomis and Repooc were able to “hot-wire” the Culloden, allowing the surviving workers to escape Sarindar after the second monster shii started attacking Invincible Book 2. From Wordnik.com. [Miracle Workers] Reference
Repooc and Nomis were able to “hot-wire” the Culloden, allowing the surviving workers to escape Sarindar after the second monster shii started attacking Invincible Book 2. From Wordnik.com. [Miracle Workers] Reference
Someone broke into our car - again - but this time they pried open the entire door frame, ripped out the ignition and apparently tried to hot-wire the car, apparently to no avail. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
PhillyDeals: A hot-wire connection for a small Del. firm. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
A hot-wire cutter and plasma cutter are other tools of the trade. From Wordnik.com. Reference
When hijacking a vehicle, there may be a small minigame to hot-wire the car. From Wordnik.com. [Joystiq [Nintendo]] Reference
The hands-on portion includes such skills as bonding, hot-wire cutting, and lay-ups. From Wordnik.com. [EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association] Reference
How to build a rowing shell using a hot-wire cutter and hand-layup fiberglass DIY Live. From Wordnik.com. [Daily DIY] Reference
Next time: Is it possible to hot-wire a faster-than-light vehicle with a tube of toothpaste?. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
Self-esteem was emphasized as being more important than, say, learning how to properly hot-wire a car. From Wordnik.com. [Ottawa Sun] Reference
MODERN technology has made it very difficult for the car thief to 'hot-wire' a vehicle - so what does he do?. From Wordnik.com. [icNetwork] Reference
It uses an advanced hot-wire alcohol sensor (no touch design) and is powered by batteries (2xAAA not included). From Wordnik.com. [BensBargains.net Latest Headlines] Reference
Thieves who unsuccessfully tried to hot-wire a tractor in County Donegal instead stole a pony and made their escape on horseback. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
IRA MEHLMAN, MEDIA DIRECTOR, FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM: Well, this certainly is really a hot-wire issue in New York. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2007] Reference
After thirty seconds to pick the lock and hot-wire the ignition, I’m off to Crooklyn. From Wordnik.com. [Beach Road]
"How do you hot-wire a car, Joe?". From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
“You know how to hot-wire a car?”. From Wordnik.com. [Elixir] Reference
I don't know how to hot-wire a car, right?. From Wordnik.com. [TEDBUNDY]
If No, do you know how to hot-wire an ignition?. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
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