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buck wild

buck wild adjective: crazy, unrestrained, uncontrolled.

Adjective

buck wild (comparative more buck wild, superlative most buck wild)

  1. (Southern US, slang) Crazy, unrestrained, uncontrolled.
    • The dancer was buck wild, and all the old, beer-bellied men were clapping and sticking money in the waistline of her sheer-leg pants.1998, Zane, Addicted, Atria Books, published 2003, →ISBN, page 190
    • Hey ladies, when your man wanna get buck wild, just go back and hit 'em up style / Put your hands on his cash and spend it to the last dime for all the hard times2001, Blu Cantrell, “Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)”, in So Blu

Forms of buck wild

comparativemore buck wild
superlativemost buck wild

Origin of buck wild

From the aggressive state of bucks during mating season.

Questions about buck wild

What does buck wild mean?
Buck wild means crazy, unrestrained, uncontrolled.
What part of speech is buck wild?
Buck wild is an adjective.

Words near buck wild in the dictionary

  1. buck the tiger
  2. buck the trend
  3. buck up
  4. buck up one's ideas
  5. buck up to
  6. buck wild
  7. Buck's extension
  8. Buck's extensions
  9. Buck's fascia
  10. buck's fizz
  11. Buck's Fizzes

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