wolf down
Consume with haste
To wolf down food is to eat it very fast and eagerly, the way a hungry wolf devours prey.
The phrase suggests consuming large quantities without much chewing or savoring: She wolfed down her breakfast and ran out the door.
Also wolf.
eating
Eat fast and greedily
- devourEat greedily and fast
- scarfNeck-warming fabric strip
- inhaleDraw air in
- snarfDevour hastily, informally
gulp · bolt · swallow · chow down · gorge · scoff · consume · shovel
gobble
Eat fast and greedily
snarf · gulp · bolt · swallow · chow down · gorge · scoff · consume · shovel · cram
famished
Intensely, painfully hungry
craving · appetite · pangs · empty stomach · underfed · fasting · hungry · starved · desperate · hollow
rushed
Done with excessive speed
frantic · pressed for time · on the go · no time · scarfing · bolting · gulping · speedy · rapid · hasty
- eating and drinkingeat, drink, chew, bite, swallow
- Animal Idiomsblind as a bat, brave as a lion, busy bee, copycat, dark horse
- eating phrasesdig in, chow down, bon appetit, eat up, gobble up
- gluttonyglutton, gluttonous, gorge, gorger, gorging
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
- mouth actionsbite, biting, chewing, chew, swallowing