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wolfed up

wolfed up is the simple past and past participle of wolf up.

Meaning of wolf up

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...

Questions about wolfed up

What is wolfed up the simple past and past participle of?
Wolfed up is the simple past and past participle of wolf up.

Words near wolfed up in the dictionary

  1. Wolfeboro
  2. Wolfeboro Falls
  3. wolfed
  4. wolfed back
  5. wolfed down
  6. wolfed up
  7. wolfeite
  8. wolfen
  9. Wolfenbarger
  10. Wolfenbargers
  11. Wolfenden

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