"wildcat" in the noun sense
1. wildcat well, wildcat
an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
2. beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
a cruelly rapacious person
3. wildcat
any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
"wildcat" in the adjective sense
1. wildcat
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"
2. unauthorized, unauthorised, wildcat
without official authorization
"an unauthorized strike"
"wildcat work stoppage"
3. wildcat
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"
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