WILDCATTER


Meaning of WILDCATTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌka-tər ]

noun

Date: 1883

1. : one that drills wells in the hope of finding oil in territory not known to be an oil field

2. : one that promotes unsafe and unreliable enterprises ; especially : one that sells stocks in such enterprises

3. : one that designs, builds, or fires wildcat cartridges and firearms

4. : a worker who goes out on a wildcat strike

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.