wildcat

Definitions of wildcat in various dictionaries:

noun - an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field

noun - a cruelly rapacious person

noun - any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

adj - outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices

adj - without official authorization

adj - (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive

Any of various wild felines of small to medium size, especially of the genus Lynx, including the bobcat and the caracal.

Either of two small felines (Felis silvestris subsp.

A quick-tempered person.

A person regarded as fierce.

An oil or natural-gas well drilled in an area not known to be productive.

A workers’ strike unauthorized by their union.

Risky or unsound, especially financially.

Issued by a financially irresponsible bank: wildcat currency.

Operating or accomplished outside the norms of standard, ethical business procedures: wildcat life insurance schemes.

Of, relating to, or being an oil or natural-gas well drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive.

To prospect for (oil, for example) in an area supposed to be unproductive.

To prospect for oil or other minerals in an area not known to be productive.

To go out on an unauthorized labor strike.

verb - to search for oil in an area of doubtful productivity

WILDCAT - The wildcat is a species complex of small cats, comprising the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) and the African wildcat (F. lybica). The former is...