Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various wild felines of small to medium size, including the bobcat and the caracal.
- noun A small wild feline (Felis silvestris) of Eurasia and Africa, generally regarded as being the ancestor of the domestic cat.
- noun A quick-tempered person.
- noun A person regarded as fierce.
- noun An oil or natural-gas well drilled in an area not known to be productive.
- noun A workers' strike unauthorized by their union.
- adjective Risky or unsound, especially financially.
- adjective Issued by a financially irresponsible bank.
- adjective Operating or accomplished outside the norms of standard, ethical business procedures.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being an oil or natural-gas well drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive.
- adjective Undertaken by workers without approval of the officials of their union.
- intransitive verb To prospect for (oil, for example) in an area supposed to be unproductive.
- intransitive verb To prospect for oil or other minerals in an area not known to be productive.
- intransitive verb To go out on an unauthorized labor strike.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A species of
cat ,Felis silvestris . - noun Any
undomesticated species ofcat . - noun figuratively a person who acts like a wildcat, often sexually
- noun firearms a
caliber ofammunition derived by amending another type of cartridge and not made by commercial manufacturers. - noun In the labor movement, anything done outside of the control of bosses or trade unions.
- noun American football an
offensive formation characterized by a directsnap to arunning back and anunbalanced offensive line - adjective relating to
oil exploration in an area where no oil has been found before - adjective
unauthorized by the proper authorities - adjective dated
unsound ;worthless ;irresponsible ;unsafe - verb to
drill foroil in an area where no oil has been found before
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Examples
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I have a Martin 'wildcat' and it was around 300 dollars, with all the accessories. a used one would be half of that maybe.
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I have a Martin 'wildcat' and it was around 300 dollars, with all the accessories. a used one would be half of that maybe.
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I bought my bow last year. i got a Martin "wildcat" It is very well priced and is a very high quality bow.
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I bought my bow last year. i got a Martin "wildcat" It is very well priced and is a very high quality bow.
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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.
Uni Watch Devaluing the Design Process, Pt. I (aka Design-A-Uni) admin 2009
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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.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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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.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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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.
Uni Watch Devaluing the Design Process, Pt. I (aka Design-A-Uni) admin 2009
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The criteria we use for designating a wildcat is that SAAMI has not recognized a standard measurment and pressure limit.
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Moreover, he had no intention of competing with Bill Paley in wildcat offers for comedians, ventriloquists, and people of that ilk.
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Twelve CVS locations in the Kansas City, Missouri, area closed on 21 and 22 September after “wildcat” strikes, which are organized by workers without union representation or support.
US pharmacy workers strike over ‘dangerous’ workloads as CVS and Walgreens rake in profits Michael Sainato 2023
qroqqa commented on the word wildcat
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.
November 21, 2008