wild-cat
wild-cat is the alternative form of wildcat.
Meaning of wildcat
Noun
wildcat (plural wildcats)
- Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.
- Synonyms:
- feral cat
- A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
- Any feral cat.
- A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
- Anyone who's man enough to have landed a wildcat like you had to be quite a guy.2002 September 26, The Young and the Restless
- Synonyms:
- desert cat
- 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.
Forms of wild-cat
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Questions about wild-cat
- What is wild-cat the alternative form of?
- Wild-cat is the alternative form of wildcat.
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