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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wild-cat  \Wild"-cat`\,  a. 
  1.  Unsound;  worthless;  irresponsible;  unsafe;  --  said  to  have 
  been  originally  applied  to  the  notes  of  an  insolvent  bank 
  in  Michigan  upon  which  there  was  the  figure  of  a  panther. 
 
  2.  (Railroad)  Running  without  control;  running  along  the  line 
  without  a  train;  as  a  wild-cat  locomotive. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}] 
  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 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Wildcat,  WV 
  Zip  code(s):  26376 




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