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wild card

wild card noun: a card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card. Also the alternative form of wildcard.

Noun

wild card (plural wild cards)

  1. A card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.
  2. A competitor or team that is allowed to compete in a tournament despite not reaching the normal standards to qualify for inclusion.
    • Kye Sun-Hui won an Olympic gold medal in Judo, despite being a wild card.

Also used as

wild card is also the alternative form of wildcard.

Forms of wild card

pluralwild cards
alternative formwildcard
alternative formwild-card

Questions about wild card

What does wild card mean?
Wild card means a card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.
What part of speech is wild card?
Wild card is a noun.
What is the plural of wild card?
The plural of wild card is wild cards.

Words near wild card in the dictionary

  1. wild buckwheats
  2. wild cabbage
  3. wild cabbages
  4. wild candytuft
  5. wild cane
  6. wild card
  7. wild cards
  8. wild carrot
  9. wild carrots
  10. wild cat
  11. wild cats

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