a card that has no value of its own and takes the value of any card that the player chooses
an opportunity for somebody to play in a competition when they have not qualified in the usual way; a player who enters a competition in this way
Example:
- He was given a wild card for the tournament.
- She was beaten in the semi-finals by wild card Louise Smith.
a symbol that can represent any letter or number
Example:
- An asterisk is commonly used as a wild card.
- a wild-card search
a person or thing whose behaviour or effect is difficult to predict
Example:
- The Nationalist party is the wild card in the election.