transcription, транскрипция: [ wʊlf ]
( wolves, wolfs, wolfing, wolfed)
1.
A wolf is a wild animal that looks like a large dog.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone wolfs their food, they eat it all very quickly and greedily. ( INFORMAL )
I was back in the changing-room wolfing tea and sandwiches.
VERB : V n
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Wolf down means the same as wolf .
He wolfed down the rest of the biscuit and cheese...
She bought a hot dog from a stand on a street corner and wolfed it down.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V n P
3.
If someone cries wolf , they say that there is a problem when there is not, with the result that people do not believe them when there really is a problem.
PHRASE : V inflects