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wild cards

wild cards is the plural of wild card.

Meaning of wild card

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.

Questions about wild cards

What is wild cards the plural of?
Wild cards is the plural of wild card.

Words near wild cards in the dictionary

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

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