verb
Meaning 1
To become very noisy and excited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Brazil scored, and the crowd went wild!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: go mild
Phrase guide
go wild
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verb
Meaning 2
To go ahead; do as one pleases (used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in the outcome of the proposal).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, imperative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: go nuts, knock oneself out
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To land or pass wildly off-target.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The policeman's first two shots went wild before he took down the gunman with his third.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: буйствам (bujstvam) — to become noisy and excited
- Finnish: villiintyä — to become noisy and excited
- Polish: szaleć — to become noisy and excited
- Polish: oszaleć — to become noisy and excited
- Spanish: vocear — to become noisy and excited