wolf

1. 1

   Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.countable

   • He would listen quietly at meetings of the Politburo, or to distinguished visitors, puffing at his Dunhill pipe, doodling aimlessly - his secretaries Poskrebyshev and Dvinsky write that his pads were sometimes covered with the phrase ‘Lenin
2. 2

   Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.; Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.countable

3. 3

   A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

4. 4

   A wolf tone or wolf note.

   • The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.
5. 5

   Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.figuratively

   • They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.
   • the bee wolf
6. 6

   One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.

7. 7

   A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth.

8. 8

   A wolf spider (Lycosidae spp.).

9. 9

   An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.obsolete

   • If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side
10. 10

    A willying machine, that uses willow twigs to cleanse wool.

    • The loosening and purifying of the raw cotton from the various impurities , such as sand, grit, &c., is accomplished by beating with the hand, or by the Wolf machine, by means of a cylinder, the surface of which is covered with sharp iron t

syn. loafer · lobo · lofer · loper · lover

1. 1

   To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.transitive

   • "Here's these legal ferrets has got our Puddin' in their clutches, and here's us, spellbound with anguish, watchin' them wolfin' it."
   • After a wolfed burger dinner, I called the night number at Administrative Vice and inquired about known lesbian gathering places.
2. 2

   To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.intransitiveslang

   • [1940s Chicago punk:] ‘I’ve seen a thing or two in my time,’ he still liked to boast, ‘that was how I found out the best place for wolfin’ ain’t the taverns. It ain’t in dance halls ’r on North Clark on Saturday night. It’s in the front row
3. 3

   To hunt for wolves.intransitive