Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various wild felines of small to medium size, especially of the genus Lynx, including the bobcat and the caracal.
- n. Either of two small felines (Felis silvestris subsp. silvestris or subsp. lybica) of Europe, Asia, and Africa, often regarded as being the ancestor of the domestic cat.
- n. A quick-tempered person.
- n. A person regarded as fierce.
- n. An oil or natural-gas well drilled in an area not known to be productive.
- n. A workers' strike unauthorized by their union.
- adj. Risky or unsound, especially financially.
- adj. Issued by a financially irresponsible bank: wildcat currency.
- adj. Operating or accomplished outside the norms of standard, ethical business procedures: wildcat life insurance schemes.
- adj. Of, relating to, or being an oil or natural-gas well drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive.
- adj. Undertaken by workers without approval of the officials of their union: a wildcat strike.
- v. To prospect for (oil, for example) in an area supposed to be unproductive.
- v. To prospect for oil or other minerals in an area not known to be productive.
- v. To go out on an unauthorized labor strike.
Wiktionary
- n. A species of cat, Felis silvestris.
- n. Any undomesticated species of cat.
- n. figuratively a person who acts like a wildcat, often sexually
- n. firearms a caliber of ammunition derived by amending another type of cartridge and not made by commercial manufacturers.
- n. In the labor movement, anything done outside of the control of bosses or trade unions.
- n. American football an offensive formation characterized by a direct snap to a running back and an unbalanced offensive line
- adj. relating to oil exploration in an area where no oil has been found before
- adj. unauthorized by the proper authorities
- adj. dated unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe
- v. to drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before
Examples
“I have a Martin 'wildcat' and it was around 300 dollars, with all the accessories. a used one would be half of that maybe.”
“I bought my bow last year. i got a Martin "wildcat" It is very well priced and is a very high quality bow.”
“The Home (pinstriped) as good as Road we kept sincerely conventional book logos, single stripe socks (Im afraid which stirrups have been left during this level), as good as the wildcat trademark upon the left chest next the name. we borrowed the wildcat from the British rugby group as good as mutated it for my own have use of Inside the school, we can claim Fair Use.”
“The Home (pinstriped) as well as Road we kept sincerely required script logos, singular ribbon hosiery (Im afraid which stirrups have been gone during this level), as well as the wildcat trademark upon the left chest below the name. we borrowed the wildcat from the British rugby group as well as mutated it for my own use Inside the school, we can explain Fair Use.”
“The criteria we use for designating a wildcat is that SAAMI has not recognized a standard measurment and pressure limit.”
“Moreover, he had no intention of competing with Bill Paley in wildcat offers for comedians, ventriloquists, and people of that ilk.”
“Then, too, he fell into the hands of unscrupulous men, who made him think that great fortunes were to be made out of what they call wildcat schemes, when all the time they were leading him to ruin. ”
“Tebow played in the offense known as the wildcat formation where he stands 3-5 yards behind the center and receives a direct snap, much like the shotgun formation, except the wildcat formation is usually used to run the ball a majority of the time.”
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“Tebow played in the offense known as the wildcat formation where he stands 3-5 yards behind the center and receives a direct snap,”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wildcat’.
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cats
alleycat, baudrons, bobcat, caracal, catamount, catamountain, cathood, catlike, cattish, cattishly, cheetah, chetah and 118 more...
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You animal!
Names of animals that are also used to describe kinds of people. Nouns only, preferably single word.
For a related list, see sionnach's beastly verbs.rabbit, shark, hog, pussycat, bear, bull, skunk, hawk, wildcat, buck, slug, heifer and 112 more...
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Fantastic Cats!, Open list
Meow! Roar! My favorite animals! words about cats.
pussycat, cat, Siamese, Persian, tiger, kitten, kindle, paw, lion of lucerne, lion, murr, wildcat and 39 more...
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Hedgepiglet
Words for things both tangible and nonanthropic
rorqual, vellus, wrasse, rainbow bee-eater, tinkershire, lemonquat, boomslang, tufted vetch, cubeb, nipplefruit, madapple, wad and 447 more...
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Some Words I Love to Use
arcology, strumpet, crux, confected, pedant, bluestocking, cogitation, incensed, lovecraftian, cygnet, dactyl, adytum and 539 more...
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beastly verbs
someone must already have this list?
squirrel away, worm it out of so..., pony up, fish for compliments, weasel out, badger, outfox, horse around, hound, cow, chicken out, goose and 99 more...
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A Dalliance of Dahlias
For more flower fun, see these lists:
Rose words by mollusque
Rose varieties by mollusque
Tulip Names I
Tulip Names II: You Know My Name
A Myriad of Iriia la mode, ace o' hearts, acclimation, adhesion, admirable, adorable you, advance, affirmed, after glow, agricola, alabama melody, alabaster queen and 1152 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, W
washboard, winterbourne, winze, wirble, waterway, windrow, winceyette, waft, whiffletree, wheelbarrow, whicker, wacky and 170 more...
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Nightwood
Nightwood by Djuna Barnes, 1936. Because of her profuse style, my usual practice of quoting entire sentences would have the copyright police chasing me round the city waving truncheons.
schlagsahne, knife-clean, mannerliness, dragon's-blood, groined, thumber, boggish, gimp-legged, carpet-thick, pricked-eared, somnambule, cutwater and 23 more...
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Theme Park Dream Park
Roller coasters from around the world. Who needs any other kind of ride?
sheikra, kumba, montu, gwazi, scorpion, python, rock 'n' roller c..., big thunder mount..., space mountain, barnstormer, expedition everest, primeval whirl and 23 more...
Tweets
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qroqqa He separates the two for fear of indignities, so that the mystery is cut in every cord; the design wildcats down the charter mortalis, and you get crime.
—Djuna Barnes, Nightwood
Most unusual use of 'wildcat' as a verb. I'm not even entirely clear what it means here. Also, the only ghits for 'charter mortalis' are this quote. Nov 21, 2008