wolf back

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English

Verb

wolf back (third-person singular simple present wolfs back, present participle wolfing back, simple past and past participle wolfed back)

  1. (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
    • 1992, David Renwick, “Monday Morning Will Be Fine”, in One Foot in the Grave, season 3, episode 1:
      And two boxes of Mr Kipling's Almond Slices they wolfed back between the four of them, talk about gannets!