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wolfing back

wolfing back is the present participle and gerund of wolf back.

Meaning of wolf back

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
    • And two boxes of Mr Kipling's Almond Slices they wolfed back between the four of them, talk about gannets!1992, David Renwick, “Monday Morning Will Be Fine”, in One Foot in the Grave, season 3, episode 1

Questions about wolfing back

What is wolfing back the present participle and gerund of?
Wolfing back is the present participle and gerund of wolf back.

Words near wolfing back in the dictionary

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

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