wild about, be



wild about, be

Be highly excited or enthusiastic about, as in She was just wild about that jazz band. This usage replaced the slightly earlier wild after. [Second half of 1800s]
See also: wild

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
DexDEKSEnglish
Manno-Ancient Germanic
ŽYdrŪNas-Lithuanian
Acland['æklənd]
PieroPYE-roItalian
Yevgeniyev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-neeRussian