Main entry: wildcat
Definition: any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
Main entry: wildcat, wildcat well
Definition: an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
Main entry: beast, savage, brute, wildcat, wolf
Definition: a cruelly rapacious person
Main entry: wildcat
Definition: (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
Usage: drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation; a wildcat mine; wildcat drilling; wildcat wells
Main entry: unauthorised, unauthorized, wildcat
Definition: without official authorization
Usage: an unauthorized strike; wildcat work stoppage
Main entry: wildcat
Definition: outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
Usage: wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks; wildcat stock speculation; a wildcat airline; wildcat life insurance schemes