scarf down en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(US, informal, transitive) To eat (something) quickly.
I plan to scarf down the rest of this sandwich and get back to work.
It was Jan. 26 — just two days into GameStop’s big week — when he and his brother hit up Hooters, scarfed down 30 wings and got 10 more to go.
2021 February 7, Matt Phillips, Taylor Lorenz, Tara Siegel Bernard, Gillian Friedman, “The Hopes That Rose and Fell With GameStop”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2021:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scarfed down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| scarfed down | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| scarfing down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| scarfs down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
scoff up · gobble · snarf · gobble down · scarf · wolf up · wolf down · gobble up · wolf · scarf up · scoff down · scoff
Translations (12)
sv sluka (eat very quickly) · de verschlingen (eat very quickly) · pl spałaszować (eat very quickly) · pl pałaszować (eat very quickly) · fi heittää huiviin (eat very quickly) · la tuburcinor (eat very quickly) · it ingozzare (eat very quickly) · it ingurgitare (eat very quickly) · fr engouffrer (eat very quickly) · fi hotkia (eat very quickly) · it inghiottire (eat very quickly) · fi ahmia (eat very quickly)