wildcat
wild‧cat /ˈwaɪldkæt/ noun [countable]
wildcat verb (past tense and past participle wildcatted, present participle wildcatting) [intransitive]
(جانور شناسی). گربه وحشی، غیر مجاز، قاچاقی، ورزش: فشنگ با گلوله کوچکتر از پوکه، نظامی: گیره دوار لنگر، علوم دریایی: گیره دوار لنگر
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English DictionaryI. wild‧cat1 /ˈwaɪldkæt/
noun [countable] a type of cat that looks similar to a pet cat and lives in mountains, forests etc
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II. wildcat2 verb (
past tense and past participle wildcatted,
present participle wildcatting)
[intransitive] American English to look for oil in a place where nobody has found any yet
—wildcatter noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲