wolf (n.)

  1. any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

  2. Austrian composer (1860-1903)

    [ Syn: wolf , hugo wolf ]

  3. German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

    [ Syn: wolf , friedrich august wolf ]

  4. a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

    [ Syn: woman chaser , skirt chaser , masher ]

  5. a cruelly rapacious person

    [ Syn: beast , savage , brute , wildcat ]

    wolf (v.)

  1. eat hastily; The teenager wolfed down the pizza

    [ Syn: wolf down ]

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