buck fever
Example Sentences
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He writes, “ … it’s not that I fear buck fever, it’s that I can’t seem to work up a decent feeling of enmity toward a deer.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023
Don’t let buck fever cause you to freeze up during the Slate News Quiz.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2021
When he found one, instead of aiming and shooting, he got a classic case of buck fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
The War Department increased the general buck fever by asking editors and publishers not to bannerize bombing raids, asking columnists to be casual.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sight was so unexpected that Nick was taken aback, and had a spasm of that nervous affection which sometimes seizes the inexperienced hunter, and is known as "buck fever."
From Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1 by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
