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wildcatter

/ˈwaɪldˌkætə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
wild-cat-ter
IPA
/ˈwaɪldˌkætə(ɹ)/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who drills for oil speculatively.

American usage

noun

A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.

noun

A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From wildcat + -er.

Usage

Inflected Forms

wildcatters (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce wildcatter?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwaɪldˌkætə(ɹ)/.
What does wildcatter mean?
Someone who drills for oil speculatively.
Where does wildcatter come from?
From wildcat + -er.

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