Synonyms for wolf down
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : woo lf |
| Phonetic Transcription : wÊŠlf |
Top 10 synonyms for wolf down Other synonyms for the word wolf down
- annihilate
- appreciate
- be engrossed by
- be preoccupied
- belt
- binge
- blimp out
- bolt
- bolt down
- choke down
- chow down
- chugalug
- consume
- cram
- delight in
- devour
- dispatch
- dispose
- dive in
- do compulsively
- do voraciously
- down
- drink in
- drop
- eat like a horse
- eat to excess
- eat up
- englut
- engorge
- enjoy
- feast on
- feed
- gloat over
- gluttonize
- gobble
- gorge
- gormandize
- gulp
- gulp down
- guzzle
- Hoover
- imbibe
- ingurgitate
- inhale
- overeat
- overindulge
- partake of
- pig out
- pork out
- pour
- punish
- quaff
- rejoice in
- relish
- revel in
- scarf
- scarf down
- scarf out
- shift
- shovel it in
- slop
- slosh
- spend
- stuff
- stuff oneself
- swallow
- swig
- swill
- take
- take in
- toss off
- use up
- waste
- wipe out
- wolf
- wolf down
Définition of wolf down
Origin :- Old English wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz (cf. Old Saxon wulf, Old Norse ulfr, Old Frisian, Dutch, Old High German, German wolf, Gothic wulfs), from PIE *wlqwos/*lukwos, from root *wlp-/*lup- (cf. Sanskrit vrkas, Avestan vehrka-; Albanian ulk; Old Church Slavonic vluku; Russian volcica; Lithuanian vilkas "wolf;" Old Persian Varkana- "Hyrcania," district southeast of the Caspian Sea, literally "wolf-land;" probably also Greek lykos, Latin lupus).
- This manne can litle skyl ... to saue himself harmlesse from the perilous accidentes of this world, keping ye wulf from the doore (as they cal it). ["The Institution of a Gentleman," 1555]
- Wolves as a symbol of lust are ancient, e.g. Roman slang lupa "whore," literally "she-wolf" (preserved in Spanish loba, Italian lupa, French louve). The equation of "wolf" and "prostitute, sexually voracious female" persisted into 12c., but by Elizabethan times wolves had become primarily symbolic of male lust. The specific use of wolf for "sexually aggressive male" first recorded 1847; wolf-whistle first attested 1952. The image of a wolf in sheep's skin is attested from c.1400. See here for a discussion of "wolf" in Indo-European history.
- As in pig out : verb eat a lot
- As in put away : verb consume
- As in ingurgitate : verb gulp
- As in devour : verb swallow, consume
- As in gulp : verb eat, drink fast
- Now the wind came like a wolf down the Murchison Pass, howling and moaning.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- After liberating the mastiff, I went to the fort, and got Ham Crow to come with his dogs and run the wolf down.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of John R. Young » by John Young
- Nevertheless they bore their crests high as they followed the Wolf down into the meadow, where all was now ready for departure.
- Extract from : « The House of the Wolfings » by William Morris
- He does not wolf down a cold supper and then spread his blanket wherever he happens to be standing.
- Extract from : « Notes of a War Correspondent » by Richard Harding Davis
- With these words he threw the wolf down, and away he ran as fast as his legs would carry him.
- Extract from : « Rumanian Bird and Beast Stories » by Anonymous
Antonyms for wolf down
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