Wildcatter

Word WILDCATTER
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Definitions and meanings of "Wildcatter"

What do we mean by wildcatter?

One who is engaged in speculative mining or well drilling in areas not known to be productive. noun

A promoter of speculative or fraudulent business enterprises. noun

A worker who participates in a wildcat strike. noun

One who prospects for oil or ores, or takes other ventures; one who opens new oil-wells, mines, or similar venturesome enterprises. noun

Someone who drills for oil speculatively noun

A worker who participates in a wildcat strike noun

Person who makes wildcat ammunition and the guns that use them. noun

An oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field noun

Someone who drills for oil speculatively.

A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.

A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.

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The word "wildcatter" in example sentences

The term "wildcatter" generally refers to a person or company that drills oil wells in areas not known to be oil fields, indicating that many of the companies included in this fund maintain speculative, risky operations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I’ve never been able to figure out whether a wildcatter is a special breed of man… or just a fool. ❋ Janet Dailey (1990)

I start each day off with a little meeting; one of the attendees was born/raised in Ok., was a wildcatter before escaping to the Marines and later college. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Part wildcatter, part deal-maker, the 64-year-old executive has a track record of building up oil and gas exploration companies from scratch, taking them public and selling them for a premium, having done so twice prior to Thursday's deal. ❋ Ryan Dezember (2011)

The map looked like something a wildcatter might use—not to drill for oil but to barrel Riesling and Cabernet Franc. ❋ Lettie Teague (2011)

An economist by training, soft-spoken by nature, the 53-year-old Mr. Watson is hardly some swaggering wildcatter. ❋ Kimberley A. Strassel (2011)

Uncle Drew, a wildcatter from Oklahoma, swirled his very wet tongue in his very wet mouth. ❋ Carol Edgarian (2011)

Going where others won'tW&T Offshore, a wildcatter based in Houston, has drilled for oil and natural gas in the shadow of the majors for 25 years, following the larger companies from Louisiana's marshes to deep offshore in the Gulf, says Tracy Krohn, founder and CEO. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Regarding the Ok. culture in reallife: I start each day off with a little meeting; one of the attendees was born/raised in Ok., was a wildcatter before escaping to the Marines and later college. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He's a wildcatter, taking over an old mine whose riches are mostly gone. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But tomorrow's oil prospector will be more high-tech engineer than wildcatter. ❋ Benoit Faucon (2011)

Young Levi is/was an oil wildcatter who enjoyed beer, snowmobiling, and hunting, so you can only imagine how thrilled he was to be all trussed up in a suit while Sarah soaked in the adulation like a four eyed sponge. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Big players like famed wildcatter T. Boone Pickens now owns a 10% stake in the firm, and billionaire George Soros recently bought a 5.26% stake in the company. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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