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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