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wild hair

wild hair noun: a fervent, usually sudden, desire to do something surprising or unexpected.

Noun

wild hair

  1. (informal) A fervent, usually sudden, desire to do something surprising or unexpected.
    • get a wild hair to do something
    • have a wild hair to do something

Forms of wild hair

alternative formwild hare

Questions about wild hair

What does wild hair mean?
Wild hair means a fervent, usually sudden, desire to do something surprising or unexpected.
What part of speech is wild hair?
Wild hair is a noun.

Words near wild hair in the dictionary

  1. wild goose chases
  2. wild guess
  3. wild guesses
  4. wild haggis
  5. wild haggises
  6. wild hair
  7. wild horse
  8. wild horses
  9. Wild Hunt
  10. Wild Hunts
  11. Wild Huntsman

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