English to English
adjective
- Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
source: WordNet 3.0
- a cruelly rapacious person
source: WordNet 3.0
- any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
source: WordNet 3.0
adjective satellite
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- without official authorization
An unauthorized strike.
Wildcat work stoppage.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (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.
source: WordNet 3.0
