wild
adjectiveInformal
A American English slang term. Browse all American slang.
What it means
Remarkable, outrageous, hard to believe. Standing alone as a reaction — 'that's wild' — it is the default American response to any surprising story.
In use
They drove sixteen hours straight? That's wild.
Wild that nobody noticed for a week.
Other forms
- Similar terms:
- insane, crazy