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

  • (..) most men can in two lifetimes. They had a good life started together. She was pregnant with a little boy, birth got the best of them. Tom's been alone ever since. Lone wolf. Thanks for the tin. This shit never gets easy. That's a good haul. I've had worse. You doin' all right? (..)
    2012 Mud
  • (..) in two-foot pieces. Count two foot as long as your arm. Be careful. What's so special about that shirt you'd lose your pistol for it? It's got a wolf's eye sewn into the sleeve. More protection than a bullet ever gave. Tom swears by it. Tom said he wasn't your daddy. He's the closest thing to (..)
    2012 Mud