wolf down
To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners.
He wolfed down a ham sandwich.
wolf
/wʊlf/
noun 5verb 3name 3
Collocations
7(noun.)
ADJ
lone
A lone wolf separated from its pack struggled to survive in the harsh winter.
marauding, ravening, slavering
The marauding wolves attacked the farm and scattered the sheep across the hillside.
QUANT
pack
WOLF + VERB
bark, growl, howl | hunt
WOLF + NOUN
cub | pack
Definitions
noun
1
Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
He would listen quietly at meetings of the Politburo, or to distinguished visitors, puffing at his Dunhill pipe, doodling aimlessly - his secretaries Poskrebyshev and Dvinsky write that his pads were sometimes covered with the phrase ‘Lenin-teacher-friend’, but the last foreigner to visit him, in February 1953, noted that he was doodling wolves.
2
Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
3
A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
4
A wolf tone or wolf note.
The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.
5
Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.
the bee wolf
verb
1
To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
"Here's these legal ferrets has got our Puddin' in their clutches, and here's us, spellbound with anguish, watchin' them wolfin' it."
After a wolfed burger dinner, I called the night number at Administrative Vice and inquired about known lesbian gathering places.
2
To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
[1940s Chicago punk:] ‘I’ve seen a thing or two in my time,’ he still liked to boast, ‘that was how I found out the best place for wolfin’ ain’t the taverns. It ain’t in dance halls ’r on North Clark on Saturday night. It’s in the front row in Sunday school on Sunday mornin’. Oh yeh, I know a thing or two, I been around.’
3
To hunt for wolves.
name
1
The constellation Lupus.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
cry wolf
To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears.
The politicians would cry wolf at the slightest provocation so when the real threat appeared no one believed them.
keep the wolf from the door
To ward off poverty or hunger.
They didn't earn much, but it was enough to keep the wolf from the door.
wolf in sheep's clothing
Someone who or something which is harmful or threatening but disguised as something peaceful or pleasant.
He ſaith, He doth not plead for all who go under the name of Miniſters in England; he fears there is many of them no better than Wolves in Sheep's Clothing, &c. Then why doth he no
have the wolf by the ear
To be in a dangerous situation from which one cannot disengage, but in which one cannot safely remain.
Example Bank
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He would listen quietly at meetings of the Politburo, or to distinguished visitors, puffing at his Dunhill pipe, doodling aimlessly - his secretaries Poskrebyshev and Dvinsky write that his pads were
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The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.
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They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.
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"Here's these legal ferrets has got our Puddin' in their clutches, and here's us, spellbound with anguish, watchin' them wolfin' it."
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After a wolfed burger dinner, I called the night number at Administrative Vice and inquired about known lesbian gathering places.
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Vicars seated himself and began wolfing a sandwich.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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