Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of prospecting, as for ores or minerals. See the extract under wildcatter.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of wildcat.
Examples
“The Plan: Before becoming one of America's most iconic oilmen, T. Boone Pickens spent his youth wildcatting, which is the practice of drilling semi-random holes in the ground in search of oil.”
“But the Goldman Sachs accusations, whatever they lead to, only point up what we've all known for quite some time: that certain cultures, hothouse though they may be, breed a kind of wildcatting that seems now to be endemic to our human nature.”
“Indeed, on July 1, when The Wall Street Journal reported on the SEC's new proactive "wildcatting" program of looking out for scams without hard proof of wrongdoing, it explained that the program was created "after New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer exposed a number of abusive anti-investor practices in the securities markets, upstaging the SEC.”
“I own an oil & gas operations and management company that has operations, including wildcatting, in Texas, New Mexico, and Alabama.”
“Page, whose nickname was Lefty, started at F&S at just the time that the great wildcatting epidemic began.”
“I have to admit that I would hate to see any restriction on handloading ammunition as wildcatting new cartriges is part of American sporting tradition.”
“This reckless wildcatting and lax regulatory culture has to end.”
“Mr. Wilson, who by then had an established track record as a deal maker, turned to wildcatting.”
“Tales of the original WFB and his wildcatting days in Mexico would have spiced the evening.”
The Wall Street Journal: Buckley, If Not God, Returns to Yale
“The money to be made in energy infrastructure is usually patient money, despite the appeal of fast returns from energy trading or oil-and-gas wildcatting.”
The Huffington Post: Peter Gardett: Shadow Banks Go Long Energy Projects
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whichbe Law enforcement officials have had a good track record of catching unlicensed van or bus operators carrying individuals who cross over the border out of the county, a process known as 'wildcatting.' (From Double-Tongued Dictionary) Jun 10, 2008