Definition of Wildcat

1. Noun. An exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field.

Exact synonyms: Wildcat Well
Generic synonyms: Oil Well, Oiler

2. Adjective. Outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices. "Wildcat life insurance schemes"
Similar to: Unsound

3. Noun. A cruelly rapacious person.
Exact synonyms: Beast, Brute, Savage, Wolf
Generic synonyms: Aggressor, Assailant, Assaulter, Attacker
Derivative terms: Savage, Savage

4. Adjective. Without official authorization. "Wildcat work stoppage"
Exact synonyms: Unauthorised, Unauthorized
Similar to: Unofficial

5. Noun. Any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild.

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. to search for oil in an area of doubtful productivity [v -CATTED, -CATTING, -CATS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wildcat

wigwam
wigwams
wig tree
wike
wikiup
wikiups
Wilbur Wright
wilco
wild
wild
wild-eyed
wild-goose chase
wild-type strain
wildcard
wildcards
wildcat (current term)
wildcats
wildcatted
wildcatter
wildcatters
wildcatting
wildcat strike
wildcat well
Wilde
Wilde's cords
Wilde's triangle
wildebeest
wildebeest
wildebeests
wilded

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