wolf

Definition

  • noun: a large wild animal that is similar to a dog and that often hunts in groups
  • noun: any of several large predatory canids (genus 'Canis') that live and hunt in packs and resemble the related dogs
  • verb: to eat (something) very quickly
  • verb: to eat greedily
  • usually + 'down'
  • synonyms: devour, starvation, whelp

Examples

  • News organizations have been warned not to 'cry wolf'. If people hear too many warnings that turn out to be nothing, they won't listen to the important warnings when they come.

  • He had the reputation of being a 'lone wolf' in high school.

  • They make just enough to 'keep the wolf from the door'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) But you didn't slaughter every one of the Starks. No, no, that was your mistake. You should have ripped them all out, root and stem. Leave one wolf alive and the sheep are never safe. When people ask you what happened here... tell them the North remembers. Tell them winter came (..)
    2017 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Dragonstone Season: 7 Episode 1