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buck fever

Pronunciation:  buk 'feevur

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 Definition: [n]  nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter
 
 See Also: fever

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Buck fever\
Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such
as often unnerves a novice in hunting. [Colloq.]

 
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 Related Terms: agitation, apprehensiveness, attack of nerves, case of nerves, excessive irritability, fear, fidgetiness, fidgets, morbid excitability, nerves, nervosity, nervous stomach, nervousness, panic, panickiness, spell of nerves, stage fright, state of nerves, tic, trepidation, twitching, uneasiness, vellication
 

 

 

 

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