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.

• 🇫🇷Nom ayant deux sens distincts : premièrement, une plante sauvage non cultivée, en particulier un pommier sauvage ou un pommier acide ; deuxièmement, un acte de comportement violent ou destructeur, souvent commis en groupe et parfois associé à des agressions sexuelles.

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.

   🇫🇷Pommier sauvage

   Synonymes: crabapplevolunteerwild apple

   Antonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷Razzia sauvage

   Synonymes: frenzyoutbreakrampageriotspree

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