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(informal Category:English informal terms#WOLFDOWN, idiomatic Category:English idioms#WOLFDOWN) To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners.
Synonyms: wolf, wolf up; gobble, gobble down, gobble up; scarf, scarf down, scarf up; (UK) scoff, scoff down, scoff up; snarf

He wolfed down a ham sandwich.Category:English terms with usage examples#WOLFDOWN
- 1975, Mountain, numbers 45–52, Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales), page 32, column 1:
  Carefully choosing a seat that gave him a good view of the action in the lobby, he started a non-stop barrage of questions as he wolfed down cups of coffee.
  Category:English terms with quotations#WOLFDOWN
- 1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times‎:
  Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]
  Category:English terms with quotations#WOLFDOWN

Translations

consume quickly

Category:Entries with translation boxes#WOLF%20DOWN

Catalan: cruspir-se (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#WOLFDOWN, embocar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#WOLFDOWN
Chinese:
Cantonese: 狼吞虎咽 (yue) (long⁴ tan¹ fu² jin³)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#WOLF%20DOWN Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#WOLFDOWN

Mandarin: 狼吞虎咽 (zh) (lángtūnhǔyàn)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#WOLF%20DOWN Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#WOLFDOWN
Czech: zhltnout (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#WOLFDOWN
Dutch: opschrokken (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#WOLFDOWN
Finnish: (as a long-term act, the amount of the object not confined) hotkia (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WOLFDOWN, ahmia (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WOLFDOWN, (as a short-term act, the amount of the object confined) hotkaista (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WOLFDOWN, ahmaista (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WOLFDOWN
German: verschlingen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#WOLFDOWN
Greek:
Ancient Greek: λαφύσσω (grc) (laphússō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#WOLFDOWN
Ido: glutegar (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#WOLFDOWN
Ingrian: ahmia söövvä (izh)Category:Terms with Ingrian translations#WOLFDOWN, ahmastaa söövvä (izh)Category:Terms with Ingrian translations#WOLFDOWN, ahtaa söövvä (izh)Category:Terms with Ingrian translations#WOLFDOWN, mukertaa söövvä (izh)Category:Terms with Ingrian translations#WOLFDOWN
Irish: plac (ga)Category:Terms with Irish translations#WOLFDOWN, alp (ga)Category:Terms with Irish translations#WOLFDOWN, slog siar (ga)Category:Terms with Irish translations#WOLFDOWN
Italian: divorare (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#WOLFDOWN
Khmer: ត្របាក់ (km) (trɑbak)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#WOLFDOWN
Latin: tuburcinor (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#WOLFDOWN
Māori: whāō (mi)Category:Terms with Māori translations#WOLFDOWN
Polish: pałaszować impfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#WOLFDOWN, spałaszować pfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#WOLFDOWN
Romanian: mânca ca un lup (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#WOLFDOWN, înfuleca (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#WOLFDOWN
Spanish: zampar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLFDOWN, zamparse (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLFDOWN, embuchar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLFDOWN, embucharse (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLFDOWN, tapiñarse (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLFDOWN (Spain, colloquial), apretarse (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLFDOWN (Spain, colloquial), meterse entre pecho y espalda (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLFDOWN, muflir (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLFDOWN, comer a dos carrillos (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLFDOWN, masticar a dos carrillos (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLFDOWN, engullir (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLFDOWN
Swedish: glufsa i sig (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#WOLFDOWN, mula (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#WOLFDOWN
Welsh: llowcio (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#WOLFDOWN, sgramio (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#WOLFDOWN, sglaffio (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#WOLFDOWN, lleibio (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#WOLFDOWN

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downflow, flowdown

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