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wolf

/wʊlf/

noun

Meaning

  • The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs.

    "Check out my pet. He's a wolf."

  • A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

  • A wolf tone or wolf note.

    "The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves."

  • Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.

    "They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door."

  • One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.

  • A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

  • An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.

  • A willying machine.

verb

Meaning

  • To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.

  • To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.

  • To hunt for wolves.

Synonyms

gulp down,
wolf down