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wildcat [a]
 
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"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: unsound 
 
2)without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"
    Synonyms :unauthorised unauthorized 
    See Also: unofficial 
 
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"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: explorative 
 
wildcat [n]
 
1)an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
    Synonyms :wildcat_well 
    See Also: oil_well 
 
2)a cruelly rapacious person
    Synonyms :beast brute savage wolf 
    See Also: aggressor  savage 
 
3)any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
    Synonyms :
    See Also: cat  felis  sand_cat  catamountain  catamount  felis_pardalis  eyra  caffer_cat  felis_chaus  felis_serval  felis_bengalensis  felis_tigrina  felis_wiedi  felis_manul  catamount 
 




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