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eat like an animal

eat like an animal verb: to eat large amounts of food, especially when in a greedy and sloppy manner.

Verb

eat like an animal (third-person singular simple present eats like an animal, present participle eating like an animal, simple past ate like an animal, past participle eaten like an animal)

  1. (informal, simile) To eat large amounts of food, especially when in a greedy and sloppy manner.
    • You eat like an animal!
    Antonyms:
    eat like a bird

Antonyms of eat like an animal

Forms of eat like an animal

third-person singular presenteats like an animal
present participleeating like an animal
pastate like an animal
past participleeaten like an animal

Questions about eat like an animal

What does eat like an animal mean?
Eat like an animal means to eat large amounts of food, especially when in a greedy and sloppy manner.
What part of speech is eat like an animal?
Eat like an animal is a verb.
What is the past tense of eat like an animal?
The past tense of eat like an animal is ate like an animal.

Words near eat like an animal in the dictionary

  1. eat it
  2. eat lead
  3. eat like a bird
  4. eat like a horse
  5. eat like a pig
  6. eat like an animal
  7. eat my ass
  8. eat my dust
  9. eat my shorts
  10. eat one's cake and have it too
  11. eat one's dinners

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