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wildcat
('w/aI/ldk/&/t )

adjective (a)

  • 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.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    wildcat well
    source: wordnet30
  • a cruelly rapacious person(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    beast, brute, savage, wolf
    source: wordnet30
  • any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild(noun.animal)
    source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

  • outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices(adj.all)
    Example:
    Wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks.
    Wildcat stock speculation.
    A wildcat airline.
    Wildcat life insurance schemes.
    source: wordnet30
  • without official authorization(adj.all)
    Example:
    Wildcat work stoppage.
    Synonym:
    on the side, unauthorised, unauthorized, unofficially
    source: wordnet30
  • (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive(adj.all)
    Example:
    Drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation.
    A wildcat mine.
    Wildcat drilling.
    Wildcat wells.
    source: wordnet30
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