adjective, verb
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 a wildcat strike happens suddenly and without the official support of a trade union
2 (of a business or project) that has not been carefully planned and that will probably not be successful; that does not follow normal standards and methods
verb [V] (AmE) to look for oil in a place where nobody has found any yet
wildcatter noun
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for wildcat is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does wildcat appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — wildcat appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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