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1. nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter upon the approach of game.2. any nervous excitement preceding a new experience.[1835-45, Amer.]
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Buck fever — Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in hunting. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buck fever — ☆ buck fever n. Informal nervous excitement of novice hunters when they first see game … English World dictionary
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buck fever — (BUK fee.vur) n. A phenomenon that causes heart attacks in out of shape hunters who get overly excited from sighting or shooting deer, or overexert themselves dragging a killed deer out of the woods. Example Citation: Stray bullets and wayward… … New words
buck fever — nervous, unable to perform well, choke Every time I play in a competition I get buck fever. I get so nervous … English idioms
buck fever — noun nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter • Hypernyms: ↑fever … Useful english dictionary
buck fever — noun Date: 1841 nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter at the sight of game … New Collegiate Dictionary
buck fever — Synonyms and related words: agitation, apprehensiveness, attack of nerves, case of nerves, excessive irritability, fear, fidgetiness, fidgets, morbid excitability, nerves, nervosity, nervous stomach, nervousness, panic, panickiness, spell of… … Moby Thesaurus
Buck — may refer to any of the following: *Bucking by a horse, when the animal raises his hind end and kicks out with both hind legs. *The male of various species of animal, including: **some species of deer mdash; see also blackbuck, Buckskin (leather) … Wikipedia
buck — 1. n. & v. n. 1 the male of various animals, esp. the deer, hare, or rabbit. 2 archaic a fashionable young man. 3 (attrib.) a sl. male (buck antelope). b US Mil. of the lowest rank (buck private). v. 1 intr. (of a horse) jump upwards with back… … Useful english dictionary
