wolf
wolf /w'ʊlf/ (wolves wolfs wolfing wolfed)
1 [N-COUNT]
A wolf is a wild animal that looks like a large dog.
2 [VERB] V n
If someone wolfs their food, they eat it all very quickly and greedily. (INFORMAL)
I was back in the changing-room wolfing tea and sandwiches.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
Wolf down means the same as wolf.
He wolfed down the rest of the biscuit and cheese...
She bought a hot dog from a stand on a street corner and wolfed it down.
3 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone cries wolf, they say that there is a problem when there is not, with the result that people do not believe them when there really is a problem.wolf down
see wolf 2
1 [N-COUNT]
A wolf is a wild animal that looks like a large dog.
2 [VERB] V n
If someone wolfs their food, they eat it all very quickly and greedily. (INFORMAL)
I was back in the changing-room wolfing tea and sandwiches.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
Wolf down means the same as wolf.
He wolfed down the rest of the biscuit and cheese...
She bought a hot dog from a stand on a street corner and wolfed it down.
3 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone cries wolf, they say that there is a problem when there is not, with the result that people do not believe them when there really is a problem.wolf down
see wolf 2