Word Net

wildcatting See wildcat

wildcat adj

1 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"

2 without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage" [syn: unauthorized, unauthorised]

3 (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"

1 an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field [syn: wildcat well]

2 a cruelly rapacious person [syn: beast, wolf, savage, brute]

3 any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild [also: wildcatting, wildcatted]