On this page you'll find 4 example sentences with Wildcatter. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as oilman and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Wildcatter meaning
- Someone who drills for oil speculatively.
- A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.
- A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.
Synonyms of Wildcatter
Using Wildcatter
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone who drills for oil speculatively. | A worker who participates in a wildcat strike. | A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.
- Useful related words include: oilman.
- In the example corpus, wildcatter often appears in combinations such as: late wildcatter, wildcatter aubrey.
Context around Wildcatter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wildcatter
- In this selection, "wildcatter" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, late and aubrey stand out and add context to how "wildcatter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by late wildcatter aubrey mcclendon and family of wildcatter h l. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wildcatter" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wildcatter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It took the family of wildcatter H.L. Hunt 50 years to win their second Super Bowl. (17 words)
The list of shale companies struggling with debt includes Whiting Petroleum Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Corp., a fracking pioneer co-founded by the late wildcatter Aubrey McClendon. (27 words)
The Oklahoma City-based shale pioneer, co-founded by late wildcatter Aubrey McClendon, submitted the Chapter 11 filing in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, according to a company statement. (34 words)
In Hugo Fregonese 's action adventure film Blowing Wild (1953) with Barbara Stanwyck, he plays a wildcatter in Mexico who gets involved with an oil company executive and his unscrupulous wife with whom he once had an affair. (38 words)
The Oklahoma City-based shale pioneer, co-founded by late wildcatter Aubrey McClendon, submitted the Chapter 11 filing in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, according to a company statement. (34 words)
The list of shale companies struggling with debt includes Whiting Petroleum Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Corp., a fracking pioneer co-founded by the late wildcatter Aubrey McClendon. (27 words)
Example sentences (4)
It took the family of wildcatter H.L. Hunt 50 years to win their second Super Bowl.
The list of shale companies struggling with debt includes Whiting Petroleum Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Corp., a fracking pioneer co-founded by the late wildcatter Aubrey McClendon.
The Oklahoma City-based shale pioneer, co-founded by late wildcatter Aubrey McClendon, submitted the Chapter 11 filing in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, according to a company statement.
In Hugo Fregonese 's action adventure film Blowing Wild (1953) with Barbara Stanwyck, he plays a wildcatter in Mexico who gets involved with an oil company executive and his unscrupulous wife with whom he once had an affair.
Common combinations with wildcatter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: