buck wild

adjective

Crazy, unrestrained, uncontrolled.

Meanings

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

comparative more buck wild · superlative most buck wild

  1. Southern USslangCrazy, unrestrained, uncontrolled.

    Talkin' 'bout your flipchild, he buckwild; talkin' 'bout your stepchild, he buckwild.

    2022, Longmont Potion Castle, Longmont Potion Castle 19, DU Records
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    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 times

    2001, Blu Cantrell, “Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)”, in So Blu

    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

Origin

From the aggressive state of bucks during mating season.

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APA

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Chicago

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