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TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Wildcat" Definition
noun
A person regarded as fierce.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A quick-tempered person.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
An oil or natural-gas well drilled in an area not known to be productive.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Any of various wild felines of small to medium size, especially of the genus Lynx, including the bobcat and the caracal.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Either of two small felines (Felis silvestris subsp. silvestris or subsp. lybica) of Europe, Asia, and Africa, often regarded as being the ancestor of the domestic cat.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
adjective
Issued by a financially irresponsible bank: wildcat currency.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Of, relating to, or being an oil or natural-gas well drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Operating or accomplished outside the norms of standard, ethical business procedures: wildcat life insurance schemes.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Risky or unsound, especially financially.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Undertaken by workers without approval of the officials of their union: a wildcat strike.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
To go out on an unauthorized labor strike.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To prospect for oil or other minerals in an area not known to be productive.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To prospect for (oil, for example) in an area supposed to be unproductive.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To prospect and drill an experimental oil or gas well or sink a mine shaft in territory not known to be productive.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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