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wildcat |
Grep of noun wildcat european wildcat wildcat wildcat strike wildcat well wildcatter Overview of noun wildcat The noun wildcat has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) wildcat well wildcat -- (an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field) 2. (1) beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat -- (a cruelly rapacious person) 3. (1) wildcat -- (any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild) Overview of adj wildcat The adj wildcat has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. wildcat -- (outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes") 2. unauthorized, unauthorised, wildcat -- (without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage") 3. wildcat -- ((of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive; "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"; "a wildcat mine"; "wildcat drilling"; "wildcat wells") Antonyms of adj wildcat 3 senses of wildcat Sense 1 wildcat INDIRECT (VIA unsound) -> sound Sense 2 unauthorized, unauthorised, wildcat INDIRECT (VIA unofficial) -> official Sense 3 wildcat INDIRECT (VIA exploratory) -> nonexploratory, nonexplorative, unexploratory, unexplorative Similarity of adj wildcat 3 senses of wildcat Sense 1 wildcat => unsound (vs. sound) Sense 2 unauthorized, unauthorised, wildcat => unofficial (vs. official) Sense 3 wildcat => exploratory (vs. nonexploratory), explorative Attributes of adj wildcat Familiarity of adj wildcat wildcat used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj wildcat wildcat Overview of noun wildcat The noun wildcat has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) wildcat well wildcat -- (an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field) 2. (1) beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat -- (a cruelly rapacious person) 3. (1) wildcat -- (any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild) Overview of adj wildcat The adj wildcat has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. wildcat -- (outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes") 2. unauthorized, unauthorised, wildcat -- (without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage") 3. wildcat -- ((of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive; "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"; "a wildcat mine"; "wildcat drilling"; "wildcat wells")
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