Engelsk tillægsord: wildcat | |||
1. | wildcat outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks. Wildcat stock speculation. A wildcat airline. Wildcat life insurance schemes. | ||
Termer med lignende betydning | unsound | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | sound | ||
2. | wildcat without official authorization | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | An unauthorized strike. Wildcat work stoppage. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | unauthorised, unauthorized | ||
Termer med lignende betydning | unofficial | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | official | ||
3. | wildcat (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation. A wildcat mine. Wildcat drilling. Wildcat wells. | ||
Termer med lignende betydning | explorative, exploratory | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | nonexplorative, nonexploratory, unexplorative, unexploratory | ||
Engelsk navneord: wildcat | |||
1. | wildcat (om genstand) an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | wildcat well | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | oil well, oiler | ||
2. | wildcat (om person) a cruelly rapacious person | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | beast, brute, savage, wolf | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker | ||
3. | wildcat (om dyr) any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | cat, true cat | ||
Mere specifikke termer | caffer cat, catamount, catamount, catamountain, cougar, European wildcat, eyra, Felis bengalensis, Felis chaus, Felis concolor, Felis manul, Felis ocreata, Felis pardalis, Felis serval, Felis silvestris, Felis tigrina, Felis wiedi, Felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat, jungle cat, kaffir cat, leopard cat, lynx, manul, margay, margay cat, mountain lion, ocelot, painter, Pallas's cat, panther, panther cat, puma, sand cat, serval, tiger cat | ||
Tilhører disse overordnede termer | Felis, genus Felis | ||