WILDCATTED

WILDCAT

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

wildcatted

simple past tense and past participle of wildcat

Source: Wiktionary


WILDCAT

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)

Definition: Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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