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Live wire

//ˈlaɪv ˈwaɪə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    an alert and energetic person wordnet
  3. 3
    An especially energetic, alert, or vivacious person. figuratively

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

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