wolf
/wʊlf/
Dictionary
noun
- The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs.
"Check out my pet. He's a wolf."
- A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
- A wolf tone or wolf note.
"The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves."
- Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
"They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door."
- One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
- A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
- An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
- A willying machine.
verb
- To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
- To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
- To hunt for wolves.
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