Wolf - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |wʊlf|  American pronunciation of the word wolf
Brit.  |wʊlf|  British pronunciation of the word wolf

noun

- any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
- Austrian composer (1860-1903)
- German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)
- a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women (syn: masher)
- a cruelly rapacious person (syn: beast, brute, savage, wildcat)

verb

- eat hastily
The teenager wolfed down the pizza

Extra examples

...she threatened to geld the wolf if he didn't stop making passes at her...

...no sooner had the lottery winner's name been made public than the wolves with their investment schemes showed up on her doorstep...

...the way you wolf your food it's no wonder you have intestinal distress...

Wolves hunt in packs.

The teenager wolfed down the pizza

The young of a wolf are called pups.

Kicking Wolf was a very contrary man—he did as he pleased.

The wolf was hunting its prey.

...released the wolf back into the wilderness...

The distant cry of a wolf was heard.

The wolf is a predator.

The dogs tracked the wolf to its lair.

Wolf's work is completely unconnected to the current study.

By the 1930s, the wolf had vanished from the American West.

I work part-time in a coffee shop just to keep the wolf from the door.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: wolf
he/she/it: wolfs
present participle: wolfing
past tense: wolfed
past participle: wolfed
noun
singular: wolf
plural: wolves
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