EGAVE

wildcat

About 0.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically: Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat. A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx. Any feral cat. Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
  2. noun Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.
  3. noun A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
  4. noun Any feral cat.
  5. noun Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
  6. noun A person who acts like a wildcat, a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
  7. noun An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
  8. noun A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.

Similar words

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Often followed by

strikes strike and wells well was in canyon banks

Word family

wildcats wildcatted wildcatting

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