1
as in pistol
a very energetic person
the babysitter will have her hands full with those two little live wires
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as in powerhouse
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired
that new reporter on the police beat is a real live wire
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Recent Examples of live wire
The Pittsburgh Public Safety Department said one of the two deaths happened when a Pittsburgh man was electrocuted by live wires, per Accuweather.
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Raven Brunner, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The drama tonight is about the host, Jerry Lewis, at the time something of a live wire and out of keeping with Academy tradition.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Harmony, for all her accomplishments, is a live wire and a threat.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
The drama tonight is about the host, Jerry Lewis, at the time something of a live wire and out of keeping with Academy tradition.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
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Raven Brunner, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The drama tonight is about the host, Jerry Lewis, at the time something of a live wire and out of keeping with Academy tradition.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Harmony, for all her accomplishments, is a live wire and a threat.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
The drama tonight is about the host, Jerry Lewis, at the time something of a live wire and out of keeping with Academy tradition.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for live wire
Noun
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Officers pursued, finding a ballistic vest, handgun magazines, a flashlight, face mask and Beretta 92 9mm pistol along the way.—
Stephen Swanson,
CBS News,
20 June 2025
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Those weapons included an AR-style pistol with an empty 60-round drum magazine, a Glock handgun and a black and tan AR-style pistol.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Small but mighty, seeds are nutritional powerhouses.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2025
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California, the nation's economic powerhouse which recently overtook Japan to become the world's fourth-largest economy, saw GDP contract by 0.2 percent.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Simmons was utterly dominant at LSU, a 6-foot-10 transition dynamo who was athletically superior to everyone around him.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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These usually form in planetary bodies as a result of a dynamo, in which molten metals in the core start to convect thanks to slowly dissipating heat.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
23 May 2025
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“Live wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/live%20wire. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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