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

  • (..) You'll be ready for this, then. I thought a wolfwas more appropriate for you than a bear... so I had a new pommel made. It's called Longclaw. Works as well for a wolf as a bear, I think. This is Valyrian steel. It was my father's sword, his father before him. The Mormonts have carried it (..)
    2011 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Baelor Season: 1 Episode 9
  • (..) The throne is his by rights. Sansa pleaded so sweetly for your life. It would be a shame to throw it away. Cersei is no fool. She knows a tame wolf is more use to her than a dead one. You want me to serve the woman who murdered my king, who butchered my men, who crippled my son? (..)
    2011 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Baelor Season: 1 Episode 9