Meaning & use

Wolfed

verb·Everyday

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Ate food quickly and greedily.

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She wolfed her breakfast and dashed out the door to catch the bus.

He wolfed down two sandwiches before the meeting even started.

A note on using this word

The past tense of the informal verb 'wolf', meaning to eat hastily and hungrily, evoking the image of a wolf devouring prey.

Words with a similar meaning

gobbleddevoured

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Words with an opposite meaning

nibbled

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