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To consume (food) quickly and without regard for table manners.
He wolfed down a ham sandwich..
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wolf down — verb eat hastily The teenager wolfed down the pizza • Syn: ↑wolf • Hypernyms: ↑eat • Verb Frames: Somebody s something They wolf down more bread * * * … Useful english dictionary
wolf down — v. eat rapidly. Don t wolf down your food. It s bad for your digestion … English slang
wolf down — see wolf 2) … English dictionary
wolf down — See: wolf II … English dictionary
wolf down — v. eat ravenously, eat quickly, gulp down, eat rapidly … English contemporary dictionary
wolf down — eat quickly, inhale The boys wolfed down their lunch and ran out to play soccer … English idioms
wolf — ► NOUN (pl. wolves) 1) a carnivorous mammal that lives and hunts in packs and is the largest member of the dog family. 2) informal a man who habitually seduces women. ► VERB (usu. wolf down) ▪ devour (food) greedily. ● cry wolf Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
wolf — I UK [wʊlf] / US noun [countable] Word forms wolf : singular wolf plural wolves UK [wʊlvz] / US * a wild animal similar to a large dog that lives in groups • the big bad wolf cry wolf keep the wolf from the door throw someone to the wolves … English dictionary
wolf — [[t]w ʊlf[/t]] wolves, wolfs, wolfing, wolfed 1) N COUNT A wolf is a wild animal that looks like a large dog. 2) VERB If someone wolfs their food, they eat it all very quickly and greedily. [INFORMAL] [V n] I was back in the changing room wolfing … English dictionary
wolf — Synonyms and related words: African hunting dog, Cape hunting dog, Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, Mafioso, Young Turk, amorist, atonalism, atonality, batten, beast, beldam, bolt, bolt down, bomber, brush wolf, brute, cacophony, chaser, clinker,… … Moby Thesaurus
