adj.
1.outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
2.without official authorization
3.(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive wildcat n.
1.an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
2.a cruelly rapacious person
3.any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
Idiom of the Day
throw a monkey wrench into the works
to cause something that is going smoothly to stop going smoothly
My friend threw a monkey wrench into our plans to go to the lake for the summer.