live wire
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live wire
- /ˈlaɪv ˈwaɪə(ɹ)/
noun live wires · live-wire · livewire
- An electrical wire through which there is a flow of electrical current. Two boys got electrocuted when a live wire fell on the auto-rickshaw in which they were sitting.
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An especially energetic, alert, or vivacious person.
With his thin, eager face and darting hands he was more than a live wire - he was a whole bundle of live wires.
Similar: go-getter, life of the party, self-starter
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noun idiom for a vivacious person
| Français | pile électrique |
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