wolfing down
Eating with abandon
Wolfing down means eating rapidly and voraciously, like a hungry wolf tearing into prey.
The phrase suggests consuming food with little regard for manners or savoring: He wolfed down three slices of pizza before anyone else finished one.
Often implies genuine hunger or time pressure rather than gluttony.
- scarfingEating very quickly
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- gobblingEating fast and messily
- cramForce into tight space
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
stuffing · inhaling · shoveling · ravenous · chomping · hoovering · rushed · hurried · in a hurry · pigging out · bite · bolting · voracious · binge · feral · greedy · primal · famished
- eatingchewing, biting, swallowing, nibbling, munching
- gluttonyglutton, gluttonous, gorge, gorger, gorging
- Hunger-Relatedeating, appetite, food craving, stomach growling, hunger pains
- overeatingovereating, binge eating, gorging, gluttony, overindulgence
- messy eatingslurping, dripping, spilling, crumbs, dribbling
- slang behaviorsgoofing off, messing around, fooling around, horsing around, slacking
eating speed
wolfing downsavoring
Enjoying something slowly
nibbling · picking at · taking one's time · pecking at · grazing
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