wolfed

verb

past tense of wolf
as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily don't wolf your food or you'll be sick

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Recent Examples of wolfed Wednesday reunites with Enid, who is part of the pack now that she’s fully wolfed out. — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025 In 2019, one edition that sold for $190,000 at Art Basel Miami was wolfed down by performance artist David Datuna. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 29 Nov. 2024 Every 30 days, expect an array of songs, diverse and delicious, served hot off the flat-top and waiting to be wolfed down. — Amanda Peukert, SPIN, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wolfed
  1. devoured
  2. inhaled
  3. gulped
  4. gobbled
Verb
  • New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Missouri were recently devoured into a national fund.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Apocalyptic footage shows a Canadian train crew trapped in their locomotive as it’s devoured by a wildfire.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026
Definition of devoured
Verb
  • There's been a drastic increase Fine particulates and gases, including carbon monoxide, are inhaled and can lodge deep within the lungs, causing inflammation and irritation.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 19 July 2026
  • Dangers from wildfire smoke Smoke is made up of tiny particles that can be inhaled deep into a person's lungs and even enter the bloodstream.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 16 July 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
  • Young orcas then gobbled up fish fragments that drifted through the water as their elders tore into what was left of the sunfish’s corpse.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • Last year, The Studio barged in and gobbled up six nominations; this year, Hacks did the same.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Definition of gobbled

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