wilding

A noun with two distinct meanings: first, a wild, uncultivated plant, especially a wild apple or crabapple tree; second, an act of violent or destructive behavior, often involving a group and sometimes associated with sexual assaults.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv mit zwei verschiedenen Bedeutungen: erstens eine wild wachsende, nicht kultivierte Pflanze, besonders ein wilder Apfelbaum oder Holzapfel; zweitens eine gewalttätige oder zerstörerische Handlung, oft von einer Gruppe begangen und manchmal mit sexuellen Übergriffen verbunden.

1. Wild uncultivated plant C2 formal

   A plant that grows naturally without cultivation, especially a wild apple or crabapple tree.

   • The orchard was overgrown with wildings and brambles.
   • He collected wildings from the forest to study their genetics.
   • The old farm had a few wilding apple trees still bearing fruit.

   🇩🇪Wildpflanze

   Synonyme: crabapplevolunteerwild apple

   Antonyme: cultivarcultivated plant

2. Outrageous rampage C2 informal american

   An act of violent, destructive, and often sexually aggressive behavior by a group, typically targeting women.

   • The news reported a shocking wilding incident in the park.
   • The gang was arrested for a wilding spree that terrorized the neighborhood.
   • The term 'wilding' became infamous after a high-profile case in the 1980s.

   🇩🇪Brutaler Amoklauf

   Synonyme: frenzyoutbreakrampageriotspree

• wildings plural form
• wildings' possessive plural form
• wilding's possessive singular form