Meaning of live wire | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An electrical wire through which there is a flow of electrical current.
2. An especially energetic, alert, or vivacious person.
   figuratively

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Examples

“Two boys got electrocuted when a live wire fell on the auto-rickshaw in which they were sitting.”

“With his thin, eager face and darting hands he was more than a live wire - he was a whole bundle of live wires.”

“Mr. Black is a kindly, gentle, fine individual, but as a leader, an up-to-date fellow, a go-getter—why he just doesn't know the first thing about it. . . . In a growing community like Douglaston we need a live wire.”

“I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire / Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire”

“She was irresistible—a laughing, chattering live wire, never at a loss for a word.”

“Ellen Page gives a star-making performance as a 16-year-old live wire who decides to go through with her pregnancy and seeks acceptably well-adjusted, wealthy, punk-rock loving parents for the unborn baby.”

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