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wolfing up

wolfing up is the present participle and gerund 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 wolfing up

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

Words near wolfing up in the dictionary

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

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