wildcatterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈwaɪldˌkætə(ɹ)/

名詞

wildcatter (plural wildcatters)

1. (US) Someone who drills for oil speculatively.
   • 2026 July 18, Jamie Smyth, “‘Wildcatter’ who cracked Alaska sets sight on Venezuela”, in FT Weekend (Companies & Markets section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:

     One of America's most successful “wildcatters” is poised to explore for oil in Venezuela after agreeing a draft deal with the country's authorities and buying seismic data to gain a head start on rivals.

2. A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.
3. (firearms) A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.
   • a. 2005, “Ammunition”, in Weatherby‎, archived from the original on 15 February 2005:

     Roy Weatherby began his career in the firearms industry as a “wildcatter”, developing his revolutionary ideas about rifle cartridge performance and design.