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Wolf

/wʊlf/

Wolf is a verb and noun with 4 senses listed below, each with examples where available, plus synonyms and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

verb
  1. To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
  2. To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
noun
  1. The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs.
    “Check out my pet. He's a wolf.”
  2. Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
    “They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.”

Definitions from the Free Dictionary API

Synonyms gulp down wolf down

Origin

From Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf.

Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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