wild thing

plural wild things

1. yogaSynonym of flip dog.

   Like all backbends, wild thing offers a chest and shoulder stretch.

   2020, Dianne Bondy, Kat Heagberg Rebar, Yoga Where You Are, page 151

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   As we practice yoga more often, we develop a clearer sense of where our bodies are in space (a.k.a. proprioception), and poses like “Wild Thing” start to feel safer.

   2017, Emma Silverman, Yoga Twists and Turns, page 110

   Wild thing asana executed without any self-concept modification isn't yoga therapy, and neither is rote memorization of the sutras without enactment of the principles into one's daily behaviors.

   2018, Matthew J. Taylor, Yoga Therapy as a Creative Response to Pain, page 34

   For every benefit of wild thing, there is another pose that does it better.

   2021, Dylan Werner, The Illuminated Breath, page 167

   Synonyms: flip dog

2. A person who is uninhibited and adventurous.

   I can't believe you had her play this song. I'm so not a wild thing.

   2021, Melissa Foster, Sweet, Sexy Heart

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   The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him “WILD THING!” and Max said “I’LL EAT YOU UP!” so he was sent to bed without eating anything.

   1963, Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things are

   Liam was not a wild thing. He was the dreamy one, the offbeat one, always lost in his own world.

   2013, Jennifer Bernard, How to Tame a Wild Fireman

   She catches me staring and gives me a knowing smile. My secret wild thing knows exactly what I'm thinking about.

   2021, Adriana French, Wild Thing

   Besides, it's so hot to picture her being a wild thing back in college!

   2023, Mali Apple, Joe Dunn, Wild Monogamy, page 170

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild, thing.