scarfing up
scarfing up is the present participle and gerund of scarf up.
Meaning of scarf up
Verb
scarf up (third-person singular simple present scarfs up, present participle scarfing up, simple past and past participle scarfed up)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- scarf down
Questions about scarfing up
- What is scarfing up the present participle and gerund of?
- Scarfing up is the present participle and gerund of scarf up.
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