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Definition of Wildcat
1. Noun. An exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field.
2. Adjective. Outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices. "Wildcat life insurance schemes"
3. Noun. A cruelly rapacious person.
Generic synonyms: Aggressor, Assailant, Assaulter, Attacker
Derivative terms: Savage, Savage
4. Adjective. Without official authorization. "Wildcat work stoppage"
5. Noun. Any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild.
Generic synonyms: Cat, True Cat
Specialized synonyms: Sand Cat, Catamountain, European Wildcat, Felis Silvestris, Catamount, Cougar, Felis Concolor, Mountain Lion, Painter, Panther, Puma, Felis Pardalis, Ocelot, Panther Cat, Eyra, Felis Yagouaroundi, Jaguarondi, Jaguarundi, Jaguarundi Cat, Caffer Cat, Felis Ocreata, Kaffir Cat, Felis Chaus, Jungle Cat, Felis Serval, Serval, Felis Bengalensis, Leopard Cat, Felis Tigrina, Tiger Cat, Felis Wiedi, Margay, Margay Cat, Felis Manul, Manul, Pallas's Cat, Catamount, Lynx
6. Adjective. (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive. "Wildcat wells"
Definition of Wildcat
1. a. Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
2. a. Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
Definition of Wildcat
1. Noun. A species of cat, ''Felis silvestris''. ¹
2. Noun. Any undomesticated species of cat. ¹
3. Noun. (figuratively) a person who acts like a wildcat, often sexually ¹
4. Noun. (context: firearms) a caliber of ammunition derived by amending another type of cartridge and not made by commercial manufacturers. ¹
5. Noun. In the labor movement, anything done outside of the control of bosses or trade unions. ¹
6. Noun. (American football) an offensive formation characterized by a direct snap to a running back and an unbalanced offensive line ¹
7. Adjective. relating to oil exploration in an area where no oil has been found before ¹
8. Adjective. unauthorized by the proper authorities ¹
9. Adjective. (dated) unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe ¹
10. Verb. to drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Wildcat
1. to search for oil in an area of doubtful productivity [v -CATTED, -CATTING, -CATS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Wildcat
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