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wildcats

wildcats is the plural of wildcat.

wildcats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wildcat.

Meaning of wildcat

Noun

wildcat (plural wildcats)

  1. (UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.
    Synonyms:
    feral cat
  2. (US) A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
  3. Any feral cat.
  4. (figuratively) 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
  5. An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
  6. A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.

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Phrases with wildcats

Questions about wildcats

What is wildcats the plural of?
Wildcats is the plural of wildcat.

Words near wildcats in the dictionary

  1. wildcat sandwiches
  2. wildcat strike
  3. wildcat strikes
  4. wildcat well
  5. wildcat wells
  6. wildcats
  7. wildcatted
  8. wildcatter
  9. wildcatters
  10. wildcatting
  11. wildcraft

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