'Buck fever' definitions:
Definition of 'buck fever'
(from WordNet)
noun
Nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter
Definition of 'Buck fever'
From: GCIDE
- Buck fever \Buck fever\ Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in hunting. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'buck fever'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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