wild thing

wild thing (plural wild things)

1. (yoga) Synonym of flip dog.
   • 2017, Emma Silverman, Yoga Twists and Turns, page 110:

     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.

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

     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.

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

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

   • 2021, Dylan Werner, The Illuminated Breath, page 167:

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

2. A person who is uninhibited and adventurous.
   • 1963, Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things are:

     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.

   • 2013, Jennifer Bernard, How to Tame a Wild Fireman:

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

   • 2021, Melissa Foster, Sweet, Sexy Heart:

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

   • 2021, Adriana French, Wild Thing:

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

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

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

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