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英英字典: wildcat




Overview of noun wildcat

The noun wildcat has 3 senses


  • wildcat well, wildcat -- (an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field)

  • beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat -- (a cruelly rapacious person)

  • wildcat -- (any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild)


Overview of adj wildcat

The adj wildcat has 3 senses


  • wildcat -- (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")

  • unauthorized, unauthorised, wildcat -- (without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage")

  • wildcat -- ((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")

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