To pronounce "wildcatting", say WILDC-att-ing — 3 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.
wildcatting
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WILDC-att-ing
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"wildcatting" has 3 syllables: wildc-att-ing. It rhymes with combating and chatting, if that helps it stick.
verb
“You'd have to be very rich or very desperate to go wildcatting that far east.”
Practicing rhymes trains the same ending sounds.
"Wildcatting" has 3 syllables: wildc · att · ing.
Wildcatting: To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.
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