Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hot-wire
Participle: hot-wired
Gerund: hot-wiring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hot-wire |
| you | hot-wire |
| he;she;it | hot-wires |
| we | hot-wire |
| you | hot-wire |
| they | hot-wire |
Perfect
| I | have hot-wired |
| you | have hot-wired |
| he;she;it | has hot-wired |
| we | have hot-wired |
| you | have hot-wired |
| they | have hot-wired |
Past
| I | hot-wired |
| you | hot-wired |
| he;she;it | hot-wired |
| we | hot-wired |
| you | hot-wired |
| they | hot-wired |
Pluperfect
| I | had hot-wired |
| you | had hot-wired |
| he;she;it | had hot-wired |
| we | had hot-wired |
| you | had hot-wired |
| they | had hot-wired |
Future
| I | will hot-wire |
| you | will hot-wire |
| he;she;it | will hot-wire |
| we | will hot-wire |
| you | will hot-wire |
| they | will hot-wire |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hot-wired |
| you | will have hot-wired |
| he;she;it | will have hot-wired |
| we | will have hot-wired |
| you | will have hot-wired |
| they | will have hot-wired |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hot-wire |
| you | hot-wire |
| he;she;it | hot-wire |
| we | hot-wire |
| you | hot-wire |
| they | hot-wire |
Perfect
| I | have hot-wired |
| you | have hot-wired |
| he;she;it | have hot-wired |
| we | have hot-wired |
| you | have hot-wired |
| they | have hot-wired |
Imperfect
| I | hot-wired |
| you | hot-wired |
| he;she;it | hot-wired |
| we | hot-wired |
| you | hot-wired |
| they | hot-wired |
Pluperfect
| I | had hot-wired |
| you | had hot-wired |
| he;she;it | had hot-wired |
| we | had hot-wired |
| you | had hot-wired |
| they | had hot-wired |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hot-wire |
| you | would hot-wire |
| he;she;it | would hot-wire |
| we | would hot-wire |
| you | would hot-wire |
| they | would hot-wire |
Perfect
| I | would have hot-wired |
| you | would have hot-wired |
| he;she;it | would have hot-wired |
| we | would have hot-wired |
| you | would have hot-wired |
| they | would have hot-wired |
Imperative
| you | hot-wire |
| we | Let's hot-wire |
| you | hot-wire |
Verbs conjugated like 'hot-wire'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hot-wire'
hotwire,
hotwife,
co-fire,
hard-wire,
hardwire,
hog-tie,
hot-knife,
hotline,
twire,
attire,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From hot + wire, with hot referring to electrical current.
Sample Sentences
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Never broke into a car, never hotwired a car. Never broke into a truck. 'I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm' It's what I call the Repo Code, kid! [1984, Alex Cox, Repo Man, spoken by Bud (Harry Dean Stanton):]
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His attitude grew worse and his crimes escalated: he broke into garages in his neighborhood, he hot-wired cars, and his punches grew harder. [2021, Zara Stone, Killer Looks: The Forgotten History of Plastic Surgery in Prisons, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 148:]