wolfpack

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/ˈwʊlfpæk/

noun

A family or other group of wild wolves.

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pack
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Meanings

nounwolfpack (plural wolfpacks)

plural wolfpacks · alternative wolf pack · alternative wolf-pack

  1. collectiveA family or other group of wild wolves.

    Synonyms: pack

  2. historicalgovernmentDuring World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships.
verbwolfpack (third-person singular simple present wolfpacks, present participle wolfpacking, simple past and past participle wolfpacked)

present singular third person wolfpacks · participle present wolfpacking · participle past wolfpacked · past wolfpacked · alternative wolf pack · alternative wolf-pack

  1. To gang up on a solitary target, in the manner of a pack of wolves.

    2017, September 6, Michael Gordon, "Online they were Heather, Megan and Kylie – adult men luring boys into making porn Sacramento Bee If a boy refused to take part, the predators would team up – Anderson called it "wolfpacking" – until the target complied

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA family or other group of wild wolves.

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pack
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pack

Origin

From wolf + pack.

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Translations

Bulgarian глутница
  • глутница (glutnica)group of wild wolves — see also pack
Chinese Mandarin 狼群
  • 狼群 (láng qún)group of wild wolves — see also pack
Czech vlčí smečka
  • vlčí smečkagroup of wild wolves — see also pack
Dutch wolvenroedel, roedel
  • wolvenroedelgroup of wild wolves — see also pack
  • roedelgroup of wild wolves — see also pack
Esperanto luparo
  • luparogroup of wild wolves — see also pack
Finnish susilauma
  • susilaumagroup of wild wolves — see also pack
French bande, meute de loups
  • bandegroup of wild wolves — see also pack
  • meute de loupsgroup of wild wolves — see also pack
German Wolfsrudel, Rudel von Wölfen
  • Wolfsrudelgroup of wild wolves — see also pack
  • Rudel von Wölfengroup of wild wolves — see also pack
  • Rudel Wölfegroup of wild wolves — see also pack
  • Wolfsrudelgroup of submarines
Hungarian farkasfalka, farkasfalka
  • farkasfalkagroup of wild wolves — see also pack
  • farkasfalkagroup of submarines
Irish conairt
  • conairtgroup of wild wolves — see also pack
Italian branco di lupi
  • branco di lupigroup of wild wolves — see also pack
Japanese オオカミの群れ
  • オオカミの群れ (ōkami no mure)group of wild wolves — see also pack
Malay kawanan serigala
  • kawanan serigalagroup of wild wolves — see also pack
Polish wataha
  • watahagroup of wild wolves — see also pack
Portuguese alcateia, matilha
  • alcateiagroup of wild wolves — see also pack
  • matilhagroup of submarines
  • alcateiagroup of submarines
Russian во́лчья ста́я
  • во́лчья ста́я (vólčʹja stája)group of wild wolves — see also pack
Spanish manada
  • manadagroup of wild wolves — see also pack
Swedish vargflock
  • vargflockgroup of wild wolves — see also pack
Turkish kurt sürüsü
  • kurt sürüsügroup of wild wolves — see also pack
Welsh cnud
  • cnudgroup of wild wolves — see also pack
Cite this entry
APA

wolfpack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wolfpack

MLA

“wolfpack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wolfpack. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wolfpack,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wolfpack.

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