I. wild ‧ cat 1 /ˈwaɪldkæt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
a type of cat that looks similar to a pet cat and lives in mountains, forests etc
II. wildcat 2 BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle wildcatted , present participle wildcatting ) [intransitive]
American English to look for oil in a place where nobody has found any yet
—wildcatter noun [countable]