scarfed

verb

past tense of scarf
as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily the college students scarfed the entire contents of the care package in one sitting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarfed
  1. devoured
  2. inhaled
  3. gulped
  4. gobbled
Verb
  • Apocalyptic footage shows a Canadian train crew trapped in their locomotive as it’s devoured by a wildfire.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026
  • It had been pulled into the river and devoured by an enormous crocodile.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
Definition of devoured
Verb
  • But fallen ash still poses major health risks if ingested or inhaled.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • When wildfire smoke is inhaled, volatile gases and tiny particles can pass through the lining of the lungs and enter the bloodstream.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 24 June 2026
Definition of inhaled
Verb
  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Definition of gulped
Verb
  • Last month, in a move that reverberated through the tech industry, Apple raised prices across nearly all of its product lines in response to the surging costs of memory and storage, which are being gobbled up for AI infrastructure.
    — Mark Yarm, PC Magazine, 15 July 2026
  • This family- and crowd-friendly meal gets gobbled up at all kinds of occasions.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
Definition of gobbled
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“Scarfed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarfed. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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