wild

Definition

  • noun: a large area of land where people do not live and where plants, trees, etc., grow freely
  • noun: a sparsely inhabited or uncultivated region or tract
  • adjective: living in nature without human control or care
  • adjective: living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated
  • synonyms: wilderness, native, desert

Examples

  • The company was successful 'beyond my wildest dreams/fantasies'. [=much more successful that I ever thought possible]

  • He has some pretty 'wild' [='strange'] ideas about raising children.

  • The party was getting kind of 'wild' [=out of control] so we left.

Movie quotes

  • (..) You got to straighten this out. We got to have calm now. We don't know what she will do. She is hysterical. Very excited. She is wild. And you got to take it easy. You got children. I'm not saying to go back to her right now, but you got to go back. You got to keep up appearances. (..)
    1990 Goodfellas
  • (..) I first met Jimmy Conway. He couldn't have been more than or at the time, but he was already a legend. He'd walk in the door and everybody who worked the room just went wild. He'd give a doorman $ just for opening the door. He'd give hundreds to the dealers and the guys who ran the games. (..)
    1990 Goodfellas