buck wild
adjEtymology From the aggressive state of bucks during mating season.
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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:
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- We had a great time that night, when the DJ at Pacha NYC found out that Mel was in the house, he played "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)." Mel's girlfriend really went buck wild when they played it.2010, Russell Peters, Call Me Russell, Doubleday Canada, →ISBN, page 150:
- Talkin' 'bout your flipchild, he buckwild; talkin' 'bout your stepchild, he buckwild.2022, Longmont Potion Castle, Longmont Potion Castle 19, DU Records: