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
noun	wildcat well, oil well, oiler
noun	beast, wolf, savage, brute, attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
noun	cat, true cat

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