wildcats
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Definitions
noun
- A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically
- A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
- An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
- A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.
verb
- To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.“You'd have to be very rich or very desperate to go wildcatting that far east.”
noun
- A cartridge modified from another calibre rather than being commercially produced.
noun
- (organized labour) A labour strike that has not been authorized by the leaders of a trade union.
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Synonyms
bobcatdesert catferal catwildcatwolfbeastsavagebruteexploratoryexplorativeunsoundunauthorizedunofficialwildcat wellwild cattomcatswildcat strikehellcats