Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hot-wire

1 sense of hot-wire

Sense 1
hot-wire -- (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")
       => start, start up -- (get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer")