as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily
don't wolf your food or you'll be sick
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Recent Examples of wolfed
Wednesday reunites with Enid, who is part of the pack now that she’s fully wolfed out.
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
In 2019, one edition that sold for $190,000 at Art Basel Miami was wolfed down by performance artist David Datuna.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Every 30 days, expect an array of songs, diverse and delicious, served hot off the flat-top and waiting to be wolfed down.
—Amanda Peukert, SPIN, 1 Oct. 2024
Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
In 2019, one edition that sold for $190,000 at Art Basel Miami was wolfed down by performance artist David Datuna.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Every 30 days, expect an array of songs, diverse and delicious, served hot off the flat-top and waiting to be wolfed down.
—Amanda Peukert, SPIN, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wolfed
Verb
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Angelo’s is the lunch stop and Strowman devoured ribs, brisket and more smoked meats, restaurant owner Jason George told the Star-Telegram.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
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The little green worm quickly devoured yours.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Its use was banned in many countries around the turn of the millennium amid concerns that the fibers, when airborne, could result in potentially fatal lung diseases if inhaled.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Previous research has found that TCE, when inhaled or ingested, can easily cross the blood-brain barrier and cause damage to neurons.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Eight games into their postseason (seven wins), their starting pitchers – Shohei Ohtani, Snell, Yamamoto and Glasnow – have gobbled up 52⅔ innings while allowing 11 runs (nine earned) on 24 hits and striking out 63.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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Because there were only seven minutes left in the game, however, the 49ers quarterback instead gobbled three bananas while trainers intensively kneaded the muscles in his arm.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Wolfed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wolfed. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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