hog-wild

hog wild

In an uncontrolled manner, often due to excitement. The crowd had been cheering, but they really went hog wild once the lead singer took the stage. Your students will go hog wild if you never discipline them.
See also: hog, wild
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hog-wild

mod. wild; boisterous. All the kids were completely hog-wild by the time I got there.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • hog wild
  • go hog wild
  • go hog wild, to
  • go hog-wild
  • fever pitch
  • wild out
  • at fever pitch
  • fever
  • gush with
  • gush with (something)
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But Ike's public relations failures after Sputnik not only discomfited the citizenry, but contributed in some degree to the Democrats' electoral victories in 1958 and 1960, and thus to the adoption of the sorts of policies he considered "hog-wild": for instance, the McNamara missile buildup, Apollo program, and Great Society.
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Describing the reason for anonymity, Wilson said, "Its deeper purpose is to keep those fool egos of ours from running hog-wild after money and fame."
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And the writers (yes, They're publicly acknowledged for once) have outdone themselves, going hog-wild on sheer giddiness.
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