scarf up

Verb

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

1. (US, informal) Synonym of scarf down.
   • Where before flocks of house sparrows were just that, now they are unwelcome visitors, scarfing up the expensive songbird feed intended for cardinals and thrushes and other less-ordinary birds.2009 January 23, Perdita Buchan, “Feathered Friends, Heavy Lifting Required”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2021
   • I sipped Chardonnay and Lou had draft beer while we scarfed up yummy, free cheese biscuits.2009 July 12, Irene Lechowitzky, “At Bayfront, the view rules”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2022

   Synonyms:

   scarf down