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scarfing down

scarfing down is the present participle and gerund of scarf down.

Meaning of scarf down

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.

Questions about scarfing down

What is scarfing down the present participle and gerund of?
Scarfing down is the present participle and gerund of scarf down.

Words near scarfing down in the dictionary

  1. Scarff
  2. Scarffs
  3. scarfie
  4. scarfies
  5. scarfing
  6. scarfing down
  7. scarfing up
  8. scarfings
  9. scarfless
  10. scarflike
  11. scarfmaker

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