Definizione monolingua

wildcat

wildcat (third-person singular simple present wildcats, present participle wildcatting, simple past and past participle wildcatted)

1. to drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before

   Youd have to be very rich or very desperate to go wildcatting that far east.

wildcat (plural wildcats)

1. A species of cat, Felis silvestris.
2. Any undomesticated species of cat.

   • Upon checking it out, we found a total of 13 newborn wildcats, nine newborn tigers and two newborn leopards. (CNN, 2003.04.24)

3. (figuratively) a person who acts like a wildcat, often sexually
   • 2002, The Young and the Restless (TV, September 26)

     Anyone whos man enough to have landed a wildcat like you had to be quite a guy.

4. (firearms) a caliber of ammunition derived by amending another type of cartridge and not made by commercial manufacturers.
5. In the labor movement, anything done outside of the control of bosses or trade unions.
6. (American football) an offensive formation characterized by a direct snap to a running back and an unbalanced offensive line
   • Wildcat formation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Wildcat formation

wildcat (not comparable)

1. relating to oil exploration in an area where no oil has been found before
2. unauthorized by the proper authorities

   • Jewish settlers have also been active putting up five new wildcat outposts on hilltops in the West Bank to try to thwart their Prime Minister Ariel Sharon... (CNN, 2003.06.15)

Definizione dizionario wildcat

	gatto selvatico
	bobcat

Felis silvestris

felis silvestris

rischioso

Altri significati:

unauthorized by the proper authorities

relating to oil exploration in an area where no oil has been found before

(figuratively) a person who acts like a wildcat, often sexually

A species of cat, Felis silvestris.

In the labor movement, anything done outside of the control of bosses or trade unions.

(American football) an offensive formation characterized by a direct snap to a running back and an unbalanced offensive line

to drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before

Any undomesticated species of cat.

(firearms) a caliber of ammunition derived by amending another type of cartridge and not made by commercial manufacturers.

ocelot (feline, Felis pardalis)