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wild out

wild out verb: to react overly enthusiastically or aggressively, especially if sudden.

Verb

wild out (third-person singular simple present wilds out, present participle wilding out, simple past and past participle wilded out)

  1. (intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To react overly enthusiastically or aggressively, especially if sudden.
    • When she heard the rumor, she just started wilding out!
    • Your baby-mama will not wild out if you make sure she's straight and she's comfortable.2006, King Magazine, page 85
  2. (intransitive, slang) To stop behaving in a civilized way; to rebel against one's cultural mores.
    • I was just wilding out. But even though I was a rebel kid, I was focused in school. I was an honor student. It was weird.2006, Latina - Volume 11, page 469
    • At this point in my life, I was receiving so many beatings between my grandma and mom that I became immune. I was slowly beginning to wild out, not follow any of the rules, roll my eyes, smack my lips and even take up for myself sometimes.2010, Angel Bartlett, Wounded, But Not Broken: The Life of a Therapeutic Foster Child, →ISBN

Examples of wild out in a sentence

  • To make me grin from ear to ear or chase the gratyness from any day when I'm upset he says “Listen it is okay to cry” and “When you're mad it's alright to wild out, don't hold anything inside”2011, Ms.Ly.Ric, Frozen in Time: A Collection of My Thoughts, →ISBN, page 69:
  • I shook my head at him to let him know not to wild out on her.2012, Monique Grant, Imperfect Angel, →ISBN, page 40:
  • As young people living and loving Christ, we should not wild out at the clubs, pour up the Hennessey, or smoke those drugs.2017, BraRysheyia Simpson, Chosen, →ISBN:
  • I'd hate to have to wild out up in this camp.2011, Anna J., My Little Secret, →ISBN, page 137:

Forms of wild out

third-person singular presentwilds out
present participlewilding out
past participlewilded out
pastwilded out
alternative formwile out

Questions about wild out

What does wild out mean?
Wild out means to react overly enthusiastically or aggressively, especially if sudden.
How do you use wild out in a sentence?
To make me grin from ear to ear or chase the gratyness from any day when I'm upset he says “Listen it is okay to cry” and “When you're mad it's alright to wild out, don't hold anything inside”
What part of speech is wild out?
Wild out is a verb.
What is the past tense of wild out?
The past tense of wild out is wilded out.

Words near wild out in the dictionary

  1. wild onion
  2. wild onion dinner
  3. wild onions
  4. wild orange
  5. wild oranges
  6. wild out
  7. wild ox
  8. wild oxen
  9. wild pansies
  10. wild pansy
  11. wild passionfruit

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