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wolfed

/wʊlft/

wolfed is the simple past and past participle of wolf.

Meaning of wolf

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
    • "Here's these legal ferrets has got our Puddin' in their clutches, and here's us, spellbound with anguish, watchin' them wolfin' it."1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 150
    Synonyms:
    gulp down, wolf down
  2. (intransitive, slang) To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
    • [1940s Chicago punk:] ‘I’ve seen a thing or two in my time,’ he still liked to boast, ‘that was how I found out the best place for wolfin’ ain’t the taverns. It ain’t in dance halls ’r on North Clark on Saturday night. It’s in the front row in Sunday school on Sunday mornin’. Oh yeh, I know a thing...1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm
  3. (intransitive) To hunt for wolves.

See all 16 meanings of wolf

Phrases with wolfed

Questions about wolfed

What is wolfed the simple past and past participle of?
Wolfed is the simple past and past participle of wolf.
How do you pronounce wolfed?
Wolfed is pronounced /wʊlft/.

Words near wolfed in the dictionary

  1. Wolfe-land
  2. Wolfean
  3. Wolfeana
  4. Wolfeboro
  5. Wolfeboro Falls
  6. wolfed
  7. wolfed back
  8. wolfed down
  9. wolfed up
  10. wolfeite
  11. wolfen

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