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wolf up

wolf up verb: to wolf down; to eat voraciously.

Verb

wolf up (third-person singular simple present wolfs up, present participle wolfing up, simple past and past participle wolfed up)

  1. (dated, informal, transitive) To wolf down; to eat voraciously.
    • If he can stick to vegetables, too, he's all the better, but I can't preach that while I am wolfin' up ham and eggs.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which the Reader is Shown the Habits of a Notorious Criminal”, in The Land of Mist, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published 1926...

Forms of wolf up

third-person singular presentwolfs up
present participlewolfing up
past participlewolfed up
pastwolfed up

Questions about wolf up

What does wolf up mean?
Wolf up means to wolf down; to eat voraciously.
What part of speech is wolf up?
Wolf up is a verb.
What is the past tense of wolf up?
The past tense of wolf up is wolfed up.

Words near wolf up in the dictionary

  1. wolf tone
  2. wolf tones
  3. wolf tooth
  4. wolf tree
  5. wolf trees
  6. wolf up
  7. wolf warrior
  8. wolf warriors
  9. wolf whelp
  10. wolf whelps
  11. wolf whistle

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