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How to pronounce wildcat in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms beast, brute, savage, wolf
Type of assailant, assaulter, attacker, aggressor
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Synonyms wildcat well
Type of oiler, oil well
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Synonyms unauthorised, unauthorized


wildcat work stoppage.
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Type of cat, true cat
Has types felis bengalensis, felis chaus, felis concolor, felis manul, felis ocreata, felis pardalis, felis serval, felis silvestris, felis tigrina, felis wiedi, felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat, jungle cat, kaffir cat, leopard cat, lynx, manul, margay, margay cat, mountain lion, ocelot, painter, caffer cat, catamount, catamountain, cougar, european wildcat, eyra, panther, panther cat, puma, sand cat, serval, tiger cat, pallas's cat
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drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation.
a wildcat mine.
wildcat drilling.
wildcat wells.
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wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks.
wildcat stock speculation.
a wildcat airline.
wildcat life insurance schemes.

Examples of wildcat

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The single wing tailback could run, pass or hand off, just like today's wildcat.
From the post-gazette.com
The wildcat strikes have come under the backdrop of rapidly rising unemployment.
From the voanews.com
The 438 Squadron badge features a wildcat, representing the squadron's nickname.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Miami won the AFC East a year ago by riding the wildcat and protecting the ball.
From the timesunion.com
They'll put a running back at quarterback sometimes and run the wildcat a little.
From the dailyherald.com
He was featured in the wildcat offense while appearing in 13 games as a rookie.
From the suntimes.com
The law limited wildcat strikes and prohibited limitations on legitimate strikes.
From the en.wikipedia.org
So Vestal put his team in the wildcat formation with Shell taking direct snaps.
From the post-gazette.com
Against the Jets, Tebow frequently operated a quarterback version of the wildcat.
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More examples
  • Wildcat well: an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
  • Outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes"
  • Beast: a cruelly rapacious person
  • Unauthorized: without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"
  • Any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
  • Wildcat! is a bulletin board system (BBS) software package developed in 1986 by Mustang Software to create a dial-up BBS operating under DOS. It was later ported to Microsoft Windows. By the release of Version 4 it was the basis for over 50,000 bulletin boards worldwide.
  • WildCat was a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio that closed at the end of the 2011 season. It was a Schwarzkopf Wildcat model where small cars (each holding four passengers) take many tight turns and small hills that produce negative g-forces as well as strong lateral forces...
  • Wildcat is the name of several fictional characters, all DC Comics superheroes. The first and most famous of these is Ted Grant, a long-time member of the Justice Society of America. ...
  • Wildcat is the name of a wooden roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. It was built in 1927 and is the park's centerpiece. It is one of the world's oldest operating roller coasters (in operation at the same location). ...