wild

wild

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈwaɪ̯ld/]

Senses

1. wild (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Untamed; not domesticated.: Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.

Example: Near-synonym: indigenous

2. wild (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Untamed; not domesticated.: Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).

3. wild (adj) — sense 3

Definition: From or relating to wild creatures.

Example: wild honey

4. wild (adv) — sense 4

Definition: Inaccurately; not on target.

Example: The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.

5. wild (adv) — sense 5

Definition: Intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.

Example: Let's record it wild.

6. wild (noun) — sense 6

Definition: The undomesticated state of a wild animal.

Example: After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild.

7. wild (noun) — sense 7

Definition: A wilderness.

8. wild (noun) — sense 8

Definition: Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.

9. wild (verb) — sense 9

Definition: To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.

Example: ...Chief of Detectives Robert Colangelo, who said the attacks appeared unrelated to money, race, drugs, or alcohol, said that some of the 20 youths brought in for questioning has told investigators that the crime spree was the product of a pastime called "wilding".
"It's not a term that we in the police had heard before," the chief said, noting that the police were unaware of any similar incident in the park recently. "They just said, 'We were going wilding.' In my mind at this point, it implies that they were going to raise hell."...

10. wild (verb) — sense 10

Definition: (In the form wilding or wildin') To act in a strange or unexpected way.

Example: They had a big influence on me. They had a big influence on Brooklyn period. I like the nonsense. [laughs] They were wildin'. Everyone in Brooklyn was liking that shit. They're wildin'. Their story in the stu, it gets deep.

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