WILDCAT


Meaning of WILDCAT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a wildcat strike (= without any warning )

Legislation to curb wildcat strikes will be introduced during the coming parliamentary session.

wildcat strike

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

strike

The closed shop and the wildcat strike have undermined the legitimacy of modern trade unionism.

Those sacked for wildcat strikes would lose their right to appeal against unfair dismissal to an industrial tribunal.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A third of wildcat populations had declined in recent years, and only 8 percent were increasing.

I left in the middle of the big wildcat of 1976, and I suppose it was a cowardly thing to do.

In a way, the wildcats were beginning to work.

Interbreeding with feral cats is probably the biggest threat to the wildcat .

Then I changed my mind, and I began to hate the wildcats.

Tiny though she was compared with her assailant, she fought like a wildcat .

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