Definition of wild cat:
"upon checking it out, we found a total of 13 newborn wildcats, nine newborn tigers and two newborn leopards. (CNN, 2003.04.24)"
"jewish settlers have also been active putting up five new wildcat outposts on hilltops in the West Bank to try to thwart their Prime Minister Ariel Sharon... (CNN, 2003.06.15)"
(v) :
to
drill for
oil in an area where no oil has been found before
"you'd have to be very rich or very desperate to go wildcatting that far east."