"wild thing" meaning in English

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        {
          "ref": "2017, Emma Silverman, Yoga Twists and Turns, page 110",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Matthew J. Taylor, Yoga Therapy as a Creative Response to Pain, page 34",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Dianne Bondy, Kat Heagberg Rebar, Yoga Where You Are, page 151",
          "text": "Like all backbends, wild thing offers a chest and shoulder stretch.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Dylan Werner, The Illuminated Breath, page 167",
          "text": "For every benefit of wild thing, there is another pose that does it better.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of flip dog."
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          "flip dog",
          "flip dog#English"
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        "(yoga) Synonym of flip dog."
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Jennifer Bernard, How to Tame a Wild Fireman",
          "text": "Liam was not a wild thing. He was the dreamy one, the offbeat one, always lost in his own world.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Melissa Foster, Sweet, Sexy Heart",
          "text": "I can't believe you had her play this song. I'm so not a wild thing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Adriana French, Wild Thing",
          "text": "She catches me staring and gives me a knowing smile. My secret wild thing knows exactly what I'm thinking about.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Mali Apple, Joe Dunn, Wild Monogamy, page 170",
          "text": "Besides, it's so hot to picture her being a wild thing back in college!",
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        "A person who is uninhibited and adventurous."
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild, thing."
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          "thing",
          "thing#English"
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  "word": "wild thing"
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          "ref": "2017, Emma Silverman, Yoga Twists and Turns, page 110",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Matthew J. Taylor, Yoga Therapy as a Creative Response to Pain, page 34",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Dianne Bondy, Kat Heagberg Rebar, Yoga Where You Are, page 151",
          "text": "Like all backbends, wild thing offers a chest and shoulder stretch.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Dylan Werner, The Illuminated Breath, page 167",
          "text": "For every benefit of wild thing, there is another pose that does it better.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of flip dog."
      ],
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        "(yoga) Synonym of flip dog."
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Jennifer Bernard, How to Tame a Wild Fireman",
          "text": "Liam was not a wild thing. He was the dreamy one, the offbeat one, always lost in his own world.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Melissa Foster, Sweet, Sexy Heart",
          "text": "I can't believe you had her play this song. I'm so not a wild thing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Adriana French, Wild Thing",
          "text": "She catches me staring and gives me a knowing smile. My secret wild thing knows exactly what I'm thinking about.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Mali Apple, Joe Dunn, Wild Monogamy, page 170",
          "text": "Besides, it's so hot to picture her being a wild thing back in college!",
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        "A person who is uninhibited and adventurous."
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild, thing."
      ],
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