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nounsugar high (plural sugar highs)
plural sugar highs
- A state of hyperactivity caused by excessive consumption of sugar.
It was intoxicating. But is college football simply a dose of cotton candy — good for a sugar high but bad for the system?
2024 October 4, John Branch, “What Does College Football Have to Do With College?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2024Synonyms: sugar rush
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nounA state of hyperactivity caused by excessive consumption of sugar.
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