Hyphenation of wildcat

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word wildcat? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

wild-cat

Definitions of wildcat:

1.
An exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
2.
A cruelly rapacious person
3.
Any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
4.
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
5.
Without official authorization
An unauthorized strike Wildcat work stoppage
6.
(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

Synonyms of wildcat:

adj unsound
adj unauthorized, unauthorised, unofficial
adj exploratory, explorative
nounwildcat well, oil well, oiler
noun beast, wolf, savage, brute, attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
noun cat, true cat

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