Wildcat - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈwaɪldkæt|
Brit.
|ˈwæɪl(d)kæt|
noun
- an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
- a cruelly rapacious person (syn: beast, brute, savage, wolf)
- any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
- a cruelly rapacious person (syn: beast, brute, savage, wolf)
- any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
adjective
- 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
- without official authorization (syn: unauthorized)wildcat stock speculation
a wildcat airline
wildcat life insurance schemes
wildcat work stoppage
- (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productivedrilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation
a wildcat mine
wildcat drilling
wildcat wells
a wildcat mine
wildcat drilling
wildcat wells
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