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Definition of wildcat verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

wildcat

verb

NAmE//ˈwaɪldkæt//

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they wildcat

he / she / it wildcats

past simple wildcatted

-ing form wildcatting

to look for oil in a place where no one has found any yet

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