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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"
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
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.
Group relationships: Felis, Genus Felis
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
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. to search for oil in an area of doubtful productivity [v -CATTED, -CATTING, -CATS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Wildcat
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Albanian