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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wire carrying electric current.
- noun Informal A vivacious, alert, or energetic person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun electricity An electrical wire through which there is a flow of
electrical current . - noun idiomatic An especially
energetic ,alert , orvivacious person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an alert and energetic person
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marky commented on the word live wire
"he's a real live wire if ya know what I mean"
February 20, 2010