WILDCAT

Definition of WILDCAT

  1. (noun)an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
  2. (noun)a cruelly rapacious person
  3. (noun)any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
  4. (adj)outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
  5. (adj)without official authorization
  6. (adj)(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive