wild-cattingn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪl(d)ˌkatɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪl(d)ˌkædɪŋ/

Etymology: < wild cat n. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of engaging in a ‘wild-cat’ business or enterprise; spec. (a) the drilling of a wildcat well; (b) participation in a wildcat strike; occasionally also as ppl. adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > drilling of type of well

wild-catting1883

wildcat drilling1937

society > occupation and work > business affairs > [noun] > a business transaction > unsound > engaging in

wild-catting1883

society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [adjective] > relating to strike > participating in strike > sudden or unofficial

wild-catting1967

society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > strike > sudden or unofficial strike

outlaw strike1810

walkout1881

unofficial strike1894

lightning strike1913

wildcat strike1937

wildcat stoppage1942

rag-out1953

wild cat1959

wild-catting1969

society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [adjective] > drilling type of well

wild-catting1972

1883 Cent. Mag. July 331/1 ‘Wild-catting’ is the name applied to the venturesome business of drilling [oil] wells on territory not known to contain oil.

1893 Nation (N.Y.) 2 Feb. 76/3 The kind of wild-catting and red-dogging that was rife before the war.

1909 W. S. Tower Story of Oil v. 66 Many of the most valuable oil deposits..have been revealed by the more or less random process of ‘wild-catting’.

1967 Economist 18 Mar. 1014/2 Just like wild-catting shop stewards, they [sc. demonstrators] brought into disrepute the cause that they affected to support.

1969 Guardian 22 Sept. 15/1 The West Berlin workers decided that anything their Ruhr brothers can do in the way of wildcatting the Berliners can do better.

1972 L. M. Harris Introd. Deepwater Floating Drilling Operations xv. 159 Nearly always, a floating drilling operation is a wildcatting venture in an area previously undrilled.

1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xxxii. 370 The way things are going these days, I think I might just go back to the wildcatting in East Texas.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wild-catting
释义	wild-cattingn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪl(d)ˌkatɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwaɪl(d)ˌkædɪŋ/ Etymology: < wild cat n. + -ing suffix¹. The action of engaging in a ‘wild-cat’ business or enterprise; spec. (a) the drilling of a wildcat well; (b) participation in a wildcat strike; occasionally also as ppl. adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > drilling of type of well wild-catting1883 wildcat drilling1937 society > occupation and work > business affairs > [noun] > a business transaction > unsound > engaging in wild-catting1883 society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [adjective] > relating to strike > participating in strike > sudden or unofficial wild-catting1967 society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > strike > sudden or unofficial strike outlaw strike1810 walkout1881 unofficial strike1894 lightning strike1913 wildcat strike1937 wildcat stoppage1942 rag-out1953 wild cat1959 wild-catting1969 society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [adjective] > drilling type of well wild-catting1972 1883 Cent. Mag. July 331/1 ‘Wild-catting’ is the name applied to the venturesome business of drilling [oil] wells on territory not known to contain oil. 1893 Nation (N.Y.) 2 Feb. 76/3 The kind of wild-catting and red-dogging that was rife before the war. 1909 W. S. Tower Story of Oil v. 66 Many of the most valuable oil deposits..have been revealed by the more or less random process of ‘wild-catting’. 1967 Economist 18 Mar. 1014/2 Just like wild-catting shop stewards, they [sc. demonstrators] brought into disrepute the cause that they affected to support. 1969 Guardian 22 Sept. 15/1 The West Berlin workers decided that anything their Ruhr brothers can do in the way of wildcatting the Berliners can do better. 1972 L. M. Harris Introd. Deepwater Floating Drilling Operations xv. 159 Nearly always, a floating drilling operation is a wildcatting venture in an area previously undrilled. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xxxii. 370 The way things are going these days, I think I might just go back to the wildcatting in East Texas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1883
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