Definition of wild card

wild card

noun

• an uncertain thing.

  Last edited on Nov 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'card':
card	Definitions include: to ask for a person's identification (e.g. driver's license) for proof of age.
card-carrying	Definitions include: enthusiastic.
card shark	Definitions include: a person who is good at card games.
cards up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: yet unrevealed techniques to solve a problem.
have cards up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: See cards up (one's) sleeve.
in the cards	Definitions include: destined to be.
Oklahoma credit card	Definitions include: tubing used to siphon gasoline.
(one's) dance card is full	Definitions include: statement used to suggest that the person has more important things to do and will be unable to accept an invitation.
play with a full deck of cards	Definitions include: to be at least mentally average.
v-card	Definitions include: one's virginity
Other terms relating to 'wild':
buck wild	Definitions include: uncontrollable, uncivilized; "crazy".
get a wild hair	Definitions include: to get a wild impulse.
hog-wild	Definitions include: very wild.
sow (one's) wild oats	Definitions include: to be sexually promiscuous, usually during youth.
swag	Definitions include: promotional material.
take a wild guess.	Definitions include: when a person asks a question, used to indicate that the person already knows (or should know) the answer.
wild	Definitions include: acronyms for "a woman I'd like to doink".
wilding	Definitions include: to have fun, act crazy with a group of friends. Note: also pronounced as "wilin'".
wild out on	Definitions include: to act in a crazy manner towards someone - e.g. yelling, beating.
Wild West	Definitions include: the American Old West.

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