Definitions
(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
Word origin
From Middle English wyld cat, wylde cat (in the plural as wild cattes, wylde catis, wyle cattes), equivalent to wild + cat. Cognate with Middle Low German wiltkatte, German Wildkatze, Swedish vildkatt.
Used in a sentence
“2003 April 24, CNN Upon checking it out, we found a total of 13 newborn wildcats: nine newborn tigers and two newborn leopards.”
“2002 September 26, The Young and the Restless Anyone who's man enough to have landed a wildcat like you had to be quite a guy.”
“Then the development of the home country was neglected for some wildcat idea of bringing up the backward people of other lands.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Speculative venture”7 letters
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