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scarf down

scarf down verb: to eat (something) quickly.

Verb

scarf down (third-person singular simple present scarfs down, present participle scarfing down, simple past and past participle scarfed down)

  1. (US, informal, transitive) To eat (something) quickly.
    • I plan to scarf down the rest of this sandwich and get back to work.
    • It was Jan. 26 — just two days into GameStop’s big week — when he and his brother hit up Hooters, scarfed down 30 wings and got 10 more to go.2021 February 7, Matt Phillips, Taylor Lorenz, Tara Siegel Bernard, Gillian Friedman, “The Hopes That Rose and Fell With GameStop”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...

Synonyms of scarf down

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Forms of scarf down

third-person singular presentscarfs down
present participlescarfing down
past participlescarfed down
pastscarfed down

Questions about scarf down

What does scarf down mean?
Scarf down means to eat (something) quickly.
What part of speech is scarf down?
Scarf down is a verb.
What is the past tense of scarf down?
The past tense of scarf down is scarfed down.

Words near scarf down in the dictionary

  1. scareth
  2. scareware
  3. scarey
  4. scarf
  5. scarf and barf
  6. scarf down
  7. SCARF syndrome
  8. scarf up
  9. scarf-skin
  10. scarfable
  11. scarface

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