| run wild |
to grow unrestrained or unchecked. [2 definitions] |
| sow one's wild oats |
to indulge in unrestrained behavior such as excessive drinking, gambling, or sex, esp. at a time assumed to be one's last opportunity to do so. |
| wild boar |
a wild pig of Europe, Africa, and Asia. |
| wild card |
a card in a card game that may stand for any other card. [3 definitions] |
| wild carrot |
a white-flowered weed with a deep, thin, woody root; Queen Anne's lace. |
| wild mustard |
charlock or a similar weedy mustard. |
| wild oat |
any of several wild grasses, esp. the wild progenitor of the cultivated oat. |
| wild pansy |
an uncultivated pansy bearing flowers with petals in combinations of white, yellow, and purple; heartsease. |
| wild pitch |
in baseball, an erratic pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance to the next base. (Cf. passed ball.) |
| wild rice |
a tall aquatic grass of the northern United States and Canada that bears edible grain that is considered a delicacy. |
| wild rose |
a native species of rose, such as eglantine. |
| Wild West |
the western United States, unregulated by law during its settlement in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. |
| wild-eyed |
having a terrified, very agitated, angry, or deranged look in the eyes. [2 definitions] |
| wild-goose chase |
the futile pursuit of something unattainable or nonexistent. |
| wildflower |
a wild, flowering plant that grows in meadows, woods, or other natural areas. |
| willow-wild |
(poetic) frail and thin, as coined by the poet and author Langston Hughes. |