Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive, slang)To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.

  2. (intransitive, slang)(In the form wilding or wildin') To act in a strange or unexpected way.

Examples

560 sentences

  1. A fox is a wild animal.

    Лисиця — дика тварина. — deniko

    ruЛиса - дикое животное. — Selena777

    deFüchse sind Wildtiere. — lilygilder

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  2. He has too many wild ideas.

    У нього забагато божевільних ідей. — deniko

    ruУ него слишком много безумных идей. — shanghainese

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  3. He knows a lot about wild animals.

    Він знає багато про диких тварин. — ChickenKiev

    ruОн много знает о диких животных. — sharptoothed

    deEr weiß viel über wilde Tiere. — MUIRIEL

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  4. Tom was attacked by a pack of wild dogs.

    На Тома напала зграя диких собак. — miketheknight

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  5. Wild animals live in the forest.

    Дикі тварини жувуть в лісах. — ChickenKiev

    ruВ лесу живут дикие животные. — saiko

    deIm Wald leben wilde Tiere. — Sudajaengi

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Origin

From Middle English weilde, wield, wielde, wijlde, wild, wilde, wyld, wylde, wyled, wyyld,

From Middle English weilde, wield, wielde, wijlde, wild, wilde, wyld, wylde, wyled, wyyld, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair; wool”).

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Forms

wilds, wilding, wilded, wilded
Base formwild · to wild
3rd person singularwilds
Present participlewilding
Past simplewilded
Past participlewilded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywild
he, she, itwilds

Past simpleLesson

all personswilded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wilded
he, she, ithas wilded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wild

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • wild animals
  • of wild dogs
  • wild dogs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wigwigglewilayawildcardwildcat

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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