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
But add a pinch of buck fever, or try it when you�re out of breath, and hitting that plate becomes more like trying to hit a dime.
From Time Magazine Archive
And what few running shots offered, he missed, mainly because of buck fever.
From The Blazed Trail by White, Stewart Edward
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
