wild cardnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwaɪld ˌkɑːd/us/ˈwaɪld ˌkɑːrd/wild card noun [ C ] (IN CARD GAME)
a playing card that does not have any particular value but that can be used to represent any other card:
wild card noun [ C ] (COMPUTING)
specialized computing in computers, a symbol that has no particular meaning of its own so that its space can be filled by any real character that is necessary:
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Computer concepts
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- atomicity
- augmented reality
- back end
- clone
- cloud
- corruption
- default to sth
- desktop
- electronic
- gigabyte
- GUI
- reboot
- template
- tuple
- virtual
- virtually
- web hosting
- what you see is what you get idiom
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wild card noun [ C ] (COMPETITION)
someone who is allowed to take part in a competition, even though they have not achieved this in the usual way, for example by winning games:
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
- back four
- benchwarmer
- boot boy
- center forward
- center half
- defence
- eleven
- fielder
- finisher
- gymnast
- outfield player
- outside forward
- phoenix club
- playmaker
- poacher
- runner
- scratch
- sprint
- underdog
- winger
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wild card noun [ C ] (NOT KNOWN)
someone or something whose behaviour is sometimes unexpected:
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Uncertainty
- be neither fish nor fowl idiom
- circumstantial
- conflicted
- debatable
- definite maybe
- dispute
- joker
- joker in the pack idiom
- kind
- kind of idiom
- kinda
- knife edge
- razor
- tenuous
- there's no knowing idiom
- touch-and-go
- uncertain
- uncertainty
- unclear
- vague
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