Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Games A playing card whose value can vary as determined by its holder.
- noun Sports An athlete or team selected to compete in a tournament or playoff from among those who did not qualify by meeting the regular requirements.
- noun Computers A symbol that stands for one or more unspecified characters, used especially in searching text and in selecting multiple files or directories.
- noun Slang An unpredictable or unforeseeable factor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun computing A character that takes the place of any other
character orstring that is not known or specified. - noun An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.
- noun An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.
- noun sports Alternative form of
wild card .
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Examples
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Fifty results for the term wildcard in the Search forum.
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PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster in research note issued about an hour ago, raises what he describes as a wildcard possibility around Apple's Sept. 9 event: That it may include an update or refresh to AppleTV.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2009
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The wildcard is that we might be re-releasing the movie this fall.
'Avatar' director James Cameron: 3D promising, but caution needed 2010
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In that race the wildcard is unlikely to be the initial victory margin, but instead disputes over the tens of thousands of write-in votes to be cast for potential winner Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Rob Richie: Contested Recounts Unlikely in Major Races, Despite the Hype Rob Richie 2010
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Another wildcard is Chinese monetary policy and its own M3 growth, which would be quite interesting to know.
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My wildcard is a three cup rice cooker from the local hardware store.
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Another wildcard is the prospect of government spending cuts.
unknown title 2011
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Another wildcard is the prospect of government spending cuts.
unknown title 2011
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Another wildcard is the prospect of government spending cuts.
unknown title 2011
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Another wildcard is the prospect of government spending cuts.
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