Definition of wildcat Wildcat
/wajˈldkæˌt/ - [wayldkat] -
We found 17 definitions of wildcat from 3 different sources.
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What does wildcat mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: wildcats |
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| wildcat - any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild | ||
| true cat, cat feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats | ||
| felis, genus felis type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats | ||
| sand cat a desert wildcat | ||
| catamountain, european wildcat, felis silvestris bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat | ||
| cougar, felis concolor, mountain lion, puma, catamount, panther, painter large American feline resembling a lion | ||
| felis pardalis, ocelot, panther cat nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat | ||
| eyra, felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat | ||
| caffer cat, felis ocreata, kaffir cat widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor | ||
| felis chaus, jungle cat small Asiatic wildcat | ||
| felis serval, serval slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat | ||
| felis bengalensis, leopard cat small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia | ||
| felis tigrina, tiger cat a cat having a striped coat | ||
| felis wiedi, margay, margay cat small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil | ||
| felis manul, manul, pallas's cat small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia | ||
| wildcat - a cruelly rapacious person | ||
| beast, wolf, savage, brute | ||
| assailant, assaulter, attacker, aggressor someone who attacks | ||
| wildcat - an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field | ||
| wildcat well | ||
| oil well, oiler a well that yields or has yielded oil | ||
Adjectivewildcat, wildcatter, wildcattest |
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| wildcat - (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" | ||
| explorative, exploratory serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaissance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats" | ||
| wildcat - 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" | ||
| wildcat - without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage" | ||
| unauthorized, unauthorised | ||
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Wiktionary 
- wildcat (Noun)
A species of cat, Felis silvestris . - wildcat (Noun)
Any undomesticated species of cat. - wildcat (Noun)
A person who acts like a wildcat, often sexually. - wildcat (Noun)
industrial Industrial action carried out without authorization of trade trade unions ; short for "wildcat strike " or "wildcat action". - wildcat (Noun)
A caliber of ammunition derived by amending another type of cartridge and not made by commercial manufacturers. - wildcat (Noun)
An offensive formation characterized by a direct snap to a running back and an unbalanced offensive line . - wildcat (Verb)
To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before. - wildcat (Adjective)
Relating to oil exploration in an area where no oil has been found before. - wildcat (Adjective)
unauthorized by the proper authorities. - wildcat (Adjective)
unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe.
