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wolfing

wolfing is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

wolfing (uncountable)

  1. The hunting of wolves for their skins.

Origin of wolfing

From wolf + -ing.

Phrases with wolfing

Questions about wolfing

What does wolfing mean?
Wolfing means the hunting of wolves for their skins.
What is wolfing the present participle and gerund of?
Wolfing is the present participle and gerund of wolf.
What part of speech is wolfing?
Wolfing is a noun.

Words near wolfing in the dictionary

  1. wolfie
  2. wolfier
  3. wolfies
  4. wolfiest
  5. wolfiness
  6. wolfing
  7. wolfing back
  8. wolfing down
  9. wolfing up
  10. Wolfinger
  11. Wolfingers

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