scarf down

English

Alternative forms

• scoff down (UK)

Pronunciation

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Verb

scarf down (third-person singular simple present scarfs down, present participle scarfing down, simple past and past participle scarfed down)

1. (US) To eat something quickly.

   Synonyms: wolf down, scoff, snarf

   I plan to scarf down the rest of this sandwich and get back to work.

   • 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, →ISSN:

     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.

Translations

eat very quickly

Dutch: (please verify) schrokken (nl) Finnish: hotkia (fi), ahmia (fi), heittää huiviin French: engouffrer (fr) German: verschlingen (de) Italian: ingurgitare (it), ingozzare (it), inghiottire (it) Latin: tuburcinor Spanish: zampar (es), muflir, comer a dos carrillos, masticar a dos carrilos, embuchar (es) Swedish: sluka (sv) Telugu: (please verify) తినేయు (tinēyu)