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wild card

The correct spelling is wild card.

How to pronounce wild card

noun

Say it like: Wil-d c-ard

The correct spelling is wild card. In card games, a card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card. For example: "Kye Sun-Hui won an Olympic gold medal in Judo, despite being a wild card."

Usage Examples

Kye Sun-Hui won an Olympic gold medal in Judo, despite being a wild card.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.In card games, a card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.
  2. 2.A competitor or team that is allowed to compete in a tournament despite not reaching the normal standards to qualify for inclusion.
  3. 3.A character that substitutes for other characters in regular expressions and globbing

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