English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “wildcats”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for wildcats is wild-cats, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
wild-cats
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result wild-cats The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordwildcats
Hyphenationwild-cats
Break points1
Part of speechnoun · verb
Pronunciationˈwʌɪl(d)kat
Meaning & usage

What does “wildcats” mean?

wildcats: a small native Eurasian and African cat that is typically grey with black markings and a bushy tail, noted for its ferocity.

Headwordwildcat
Part of speechnoun · verb
Pronunciationˈwʌɪl(d)kat
1
noun

a small native Eurasian and African cat that is typically grey with black markings and a bushy tail, noted for its ferocity.

2
noun

an exploratory oil well.

3
verb

prospect for oil.

Word breaks

How “wildcats” is split

wild·cats

For US English, the hyphenation result is wild-cats. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “wildcats”

How do you hyphenate “wildcats”?

In the US-English result used here, wildcats is hyphenated as wild-cats.

Where can “wildcats” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “wildcats” mean?

a small native Eurasian and African cat that is typically grey with black markings and a bushy tail, noted for its ferocity.

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