wildcat
verb/ˈwaɪldkæt/
/ˈwaɪldkæt/
[intransitive] (North American English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they wildcat | /ˈwaɪldkæt/ /ˈwaɪldkæt/ |
| he / she / it wildcats | /ˈwaɪldkæts/ /ˈwaɪldkæts/ |
| past simple wildcatted | /ˈwaɪldkætɪd/ /ˈwaɪldkætɪd/ |
| past participle wildcatted | /ˈwaɪldkætɪd/ /ˈwaɪldkætɪd/ |
| -ing form wildcatting | /ˈwaɪldkætɪŋ/ /ˈwaɪldkætɪŋ/ |
- to look for oil in a place where nobody has found any yet
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