wildcat

adj. rash, hasty; risky (e.g. of a venture); wild; illegal; uncontrolled; not on time (e.g. of a train)

v. perform exploratory drilling; search (as for oil)

n. any of various undomesticated black-striped felines; aggressive person; experimental drilling; daring business venture; locomotive without cars (Slang)

For other meanings of Wild Cat and wildcat, see Wildcat (disambiguation). For the Seminole leader, see Wild Cat (Seminole). The Wildcat (Felis silvestris), sometimes Wild Cat or Wild-cat, is a small predator native to Europe, the western part of Asia, and Africa. It is a hunter of small mammals, birds, and other creatures of a similar size. There are several subspecies distributed in different regions. Sometimes included is the ubiquitous domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus), which has been introduced to every habitable continent and most of the world's larger islands, and has become feral in many of those environments.
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A wildcat is a species of cat, although the term is also used to describe the bobcat. Outside the animal world, the term may refer to several concepts in various fields: Sports Teams Connecticut Wildcats, an American rugby league team in the American National Rugby LeagueJackson Wildcats, a professional basketball expansion team of the USBLHamilton Wildcats, an amateur Australian rules football club based in Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaMoncton Wildcats, a franchise in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.Perth Wildcats, an Australian basketball team in the National Basketball LeagueWakefield Trinity Wildcats, an English rugby league team in the engage Rugby Super LeagueWest London Wildcats, an Australian rules football and netball club based in London, EnglandWildcat (auto racing), a type of chassis used in the CART World Series during the 1980sWildcats (BCAFL), the Southern Conference All-Star team in the British Collegiate American Football LeagueLeicester Wildcats, UK based tournament paintball club
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Noun
1. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
(synonym) wildcat well
(hypernym) oil well, oiler
2. a cruelly rapacious person
(synonym) beast, wolf, savage, brute
(hypernym) attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
3. any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
(hypernym) cat, true cat
(hyponym) sand cat
(member-holonym) Felis, genus Felis
Adjective
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"
(similar) unsound
2. without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"
(synonym) unauthorized, unauthorised
(similar) unofficial
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"
(similar) exploratory, explorative

a business with a high level of opportunity and a high level of threat.