buck fever

buck fe·ver

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [buhk fee-ver]
- /bʌk ˈfi vər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [buhk fee-ver]
- /bʌk ˈfi vər/

Definitions of buck fever words

noun buck fever nervous excitement felt by inexperienced hunters at the approach of game 3
noun buck fever nervous excitement of novice hunters when they first see game 3
noun buck fever nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter upon the approach of game. 1
noun buck fever any nervous excitement preceding a new experience. 1
noun buck fever (Idiomatic) Excitement and nervousness felt by a new hunter upon seeing game. 0

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Origin of buck fever

First appearance:

before 1835

One of the 34% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1835-45

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Parts of speech for Buck fever

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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buck fever popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for buck fever

noun buck fever

bashful — Someone who is bashful is shy and easily embarrassed.
freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
aphonia — loss of the voice caused by damage to the vocal tract
butterflies — tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
flop sweat — a sudden heavy perspiration caused by embarrassment

All 7 Synonyms of buck fever