Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go wild

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

Syllables: go wild
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become very noisy and excited.

verb

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).

verb

To land or pass wildly off-target.

Example Sentences

"Brazil scored, and the crowd went wild!"
"The policeman's first two shots went wild before he took down the gunman with his third."

Inflected Forms

goes wild (present, singular) going wild (participle, present) went wild (past) gone wild (participle, past)

Synonyms

go nuts knock oneself out

Antonyms

go mild

Questions

What does go wild mean?: To become very noisy and excited.

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