Found 1 items, similar to wildcatting.
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Definition: wildcatting
wildcatting
See
wildcat
wildcat
adj 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”
2: without official authorization;
“an unauthorized strike”;
“wildcat work stoppage” [syn:
unauthorized,
unauthorised]
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”
n 1: an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an
oil field [syn:
wildcat well]
2: a cruelly rapacious person [syn:
beast,
wolf,
savage,
brute]
3: any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat
and living in the wild
[also:
wildcatting,
wildcatted]