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noun

ˈwu̇lf How to pronounce wolf (audio)
Definition of wolfnext
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as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women she threatened to geld the wolf if he didn't stop making passes at her

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as in predator
a person who habitually preys upon others no sooner had the lottery winner's name been made public than the wolves with their investment schemes showed up on her doorstep

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wolf

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verb

as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily don't wolf your food or you'll be sick

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Recent Examples of wolf
Noun
Domestic dogs were then used as surrogate mothers for the wolves. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 Deer populations rebounded, this time without natural predators such as wolves to keep them in check. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
The urge to wolf down something sweet may be caused by a sudden spike or drop in glucose and other metabolic changes in the body, researchers have found. — Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Nov. 2025 The New York Mets set the one-day team record, wolfing down 103 one day in 2014 while waiting for a game that was postponed. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 4 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wolf
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wolf
  1. womanizer
  2. predator
  3. devour
  4. lover
  5. vampire
  6. inhale
  7. satyr
  8. gulp
Noun
  • The serial womanizer, 29, who’s appeared on Too Hot to Handle and Perfect Match, found his forever love in Amber Mozo on Wednesday’s finale of Netflix’s Let’s Marry Harry.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The cast features not just the creator, who makes the Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype her own as ukulele troubadour Lulu, but also a pre-Bridgerton Jonathan Bailey in the wild role of an inveterate womanizer.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • But the speedy predators have been unable to outrun a wasting disease that's killed billions of sea stars.
    — John Ryan, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star in the movie about a family in the early 1980s whose suburban neighborhood has landed in a place teeming with prehistoric predators.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
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  • Apparently tone-deaf to the escalating backlash over destructive book scanning, a logo on the door of that team’s warehouse, VGT3, showed a Tyrannosaurus rex preparing to devour a book, 404 Media documented.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Even fussy kids were devouring their slices and were largely eating their crusts.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of devour
Noun
  • Talking Animals Books in Grapevine is leading the second annual event, encouraging book lovers to wander beyond Main Street and into the heart of the area's indie literary scene.
    — CBS News Texas Staff, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Storch does not pretend to be a long-distance lover of English football.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world — hiding during the day and coming out at night to feast on human blood.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Critics and audiences alike went gaga over Sam Reid’s glammed-out turn as a bloodthirsty vampire gone rock star in AMC’s The Vampire Lestat.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
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Verb
  • People are thought to get infected by inhaling the amoeba from windblown dust or by getting contaminated soil or water in a wound.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Also called square breathing, this four-step method asks children to inhale for four counts, hold for four counts, exhale for four counts and hold again for four counts.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Aug. 2026
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  • Mythical creatures, too, soaked in the supernatural; half-men, half-animals who evaded classification—centaurs and satyrs, fauns and werewolves—straddling the boundary between man and beast.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • Through the eyes of a scammer, America is a nation of satyrs and harlots, our concupiscence interrupted only by occasional trips to Walmart or the gas station.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
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Verb
  • Rather than trying to gulp the slimy thing down, Wilkinson went into the kitchen and prepared an extravagant breakfast for himself, complete with Dr Pepper to wash it down.
    — Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 12 June 2026
  • Others can’t stand the sound of gulping.
    — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
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