(slang) To start an automobile engine by bypassing the ignition key wiring / (slang) To steal a vehicle by bypassing the ignition key's security.

of a vehicle: stolen by the hot-wire technique

simple past tense and past participle of hot-wire

A thin magnesium ribbon. / Wire made from an alloy of magnesium and other metals.

(idiomatic) The rumour or news going around on the Internet, in business, on the street, or in social circles.

(slang) The special effects-enhanced martial arts seen in movies, especially those where wires are used to suspend the actors in physically impossible positions.

(fencing) The insulated wire that runs under a fencer's jacket, connecting the Electrical Competition weapon to the reel, and thence to the scoring machine.

(electrical) A wiring harness; a bundle of wires, tied together but not enclosed in a rigid conduit, that transmit signals or electrical current within a device.

(automotive, electronics) A bundle of insulated wires, often held together with straps or other connectors, that transmit signals or electrical current within a vehicle, electronic device, etc., or between them.

Alternative form of wire brush