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Quick definitions from WordNet (wildcat)
▸ noun: any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
▸ noun: an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
▸ noun: a cruelly rapacious person
▸ adjective: outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices ("Wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks")
▸ adjective: (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive ("Drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation")
▸ adjective: without official authorization ("Wildcat work stoppage")
▸ Also see wildcatting
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▸ Popular adjectives describing wildcat
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▸ noun: any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
▸ noun: an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
▸ noun: a cruelly rapacious person
▸ adjective: outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices ("Wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks")
▸ adjective: (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive ("Drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation")
▸ adjective: without official authorization ("Wildcat work stoppage")
▸ Also see wildcatting
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to wildcat
▸ Usage examples for wildcat
▸ Popular adjectives describing wildcat
▸ Popular nouns described by wildcat
▸ Words that often appear near wildcat
▸ Rhymes of wildcat
▸ Invented words related to wildcat