(~s)
1.
If you have a ~ when you are ill, your body temperature is higher than usual and your heart beats faster.
My Uncle Jim had a high ~...
Symptoms of the disease include ~ and weight loss.
N-VAR
see also hay ~ , rheumatic ~ , scarlet ~
2.
A ~ is extreme excitement or nervousness about something.
Angie waited in a ~ of excitement.
= frenzy
N-COUNT: usu with supp