wolfs

Gobbles food quickly

Wolfs is the verb form of wolf, meaning to eat ravenously or with greedy haste: He wolfs down his breakfast every morning, She wolfed the sandwich in three bites.

The image is of a wolf devouring prey.

Less commonly, wolfs appears as a nonstandard plural of wolf, though wolves is correct.

devouring

gobbles

Consumes with haste

gorges · devours · bolts · stuffs · crams · guzzles · shovels · engulfs · consumes · binges

predatory

hunts

Pursues prey actively

  • stalksFollows obsessively or secretly
  • prowlsMoves stealthily seeking prey
  • preysHunts and feeds on

chases · pursues · tracks · ambushes · corners · attacks · pounces · circles · shadows · trails

Categories
Opposites
eating speed and manner

wolfsnibbles

Takes small bites

savors · picks at · pecks at · sips · tastes

Phrases
Family

wolf, wolves, wolfish, werewolf, wolfed, wolfing, werewolves, wolfhound, wolfishly

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G