wolf up

verb

To wolf down; to eat voraciously.

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Meanings

verbwolf up (third-person singular simple present wolfs up, present participle wolfing up, simple past and past participle wolfed up)

present singular third person wolfs up · participle present wolfing up · participle past wolfed up · past wolfed up

  1. datedinformaltransitiveTo wolf down; to eat voraciously.

    If he can stick to vegetables, too, he's all the better, but I can't preach that while I am wolfin' up ham and eggs.

    1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which the Reader is Shown the Habits of a Notorious Criminal”, in The Land of Mist, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published 1926, →OCLC, page 100

Synonyms & antonyms

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