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Wildcat

Wildcat Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Wildcat? [n] any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild [n] an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field [n] a cruelly rapacious person [adj] (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive; "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"; "a wildcat mine"; "wildcat drilling"; "wildcat wells" [adj] without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage" [adj] outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Wildcat: beast \| brute \| explorative \| exploratory \| savage \| unauthorised \| unauthorized \| unofficial \| unsound \| wildcat well \| wolf Related Terms \| Find terms related to Wildcat: See Also \| aggressor \| assailant \| assaulter \| attacker \| caffer cat \| cat \| catamount \| catamountain \| cougar \| European wildcat \| eyra \| Felis \| Felis bengalensis \| Felis chaus \| Felis concolor \| Felis manul \| Felis ocreata \| Felis pardalis \| Felis serval \| Felis silvestris \| Felis tigrina \| Felis wiedi \| Felis yagouaroundi \| genus Felis \| jaguarondi \| jaguarundi \| jaguarundi cat \| jungle cat \| kaffir cat \| leopard cat \| lynx \| manul \| margay \| margay cat \| mountain lion \| ocelot \| oil well \| oiler \| painter \| Pallas's cat \| panther \| panther cat \| puma \| sand cat \| serval \| tiger cat \| true cat

Wildcat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wildcat?

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

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