SCARFING Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

scarfing

verb

present participle of scarf

as in devouring

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 scarfing Eating them is less like scarfing a burger than eating soft, ground meat over rice. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 On a crowded concourse in the middle of a Saturday morning two months before the start of the season, fans are chugging beers, scarfing Dodger dogs, and even doing a line dance. — Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026 There’s just something about scarfing oodles of vittles during and after skiing that is far more satisfying than any other post mountain pursuit grubfest. — Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2025

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Just like today’s tentacled ocean dwellers, the Mesozoic squid ancestor likely had no problem devouring its relatives—or even members of its own species.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
Davis loved to read and collect books, devouring anything from John Updike and Margaret Atwood, among other authors, a passion that necessitated having bookshelves in every room of his home.

— Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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The process would be similar to inhaling allergy medicine via a nasal spray.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
And in the summer working, caring for the garden, cultivating my plants, my food, inhaling the sun, seeing my skin become brown just as the flowers are also growing their colours, and my beloved garden plants are delivering their brilliant food.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026

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