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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wild′ card′, - Games[Cards.]a card having its value decided by the wishes of the players.
- Gamesa determining or important person or thing whose qualities are unknown, indeterminate, or unpredictable:In a sailboat race the weather is the wild card.
- Sport[Tennis.]a player, usually without ranking, who is allowed to enter a tournament at the discretion of the tournament committee after regularly qualifying competitors have been selected.
wild-card (wīld′kärd′),USA pronunciation adj. - Gamesof, constituting, or including a wild card.
- Informal Termsof, being, or including an unpredictable or unproven element, person, item, etc.
- Sportof, being, or including an unseeded or unproven participant or team, as a team in a championship tournament that has not placed first in its league or area.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wild card n - See wild
- a player or team that has not qualified for a competition but is allowed to take part, at the organizers' discretion, after all the regular places have been taken
- an unpredictable element in a situation
- a symbol that can represent any character or group of characters, as in a filename
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