wildcat
/ˈwaɪ.əldˌkæt/ verb C2- To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before. · You'd have to be very rich or very desperate to go wildcatting that far east.
He/she/it wildcats · Past wildcatted · Past participle wildcatted · -ing form wildcatting
Verb forms
- Base form
- wildcat
- He/she/it
- wildcats
- Past
- wildcatted
- Past participle
- wildcatted
- -ing form
- wildcatting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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It was, indeed, a great yellow Wildcat, and the Woodman thought it must be chasing something, for its ears were lying close to its head and its mouth was wide open, showing two rows of ugly teeth, while its red eyes glowed like balls of fire.
As it came nearer the Tin Woodman saw that running before the beast was a little gray field mouse, and although he had no heart he knew it was wrong for the Wildcat to try to kill such a pretty, harmless creature.
So the Woodman raised his axe, and as the Wildcat ran by he gave it a quick blow that cut the beast’s head clean off from its body, and it rolled over at his feet in two pieces.
How did you manage to escape the great Wildcat?” They all bowed so low to the little Queen that they almost stood upon their heads.
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