wolf meaning and definition

WOLF noun

Definition of wolf (noun)

1. any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
2. Austrian composer (1860-1903)
   • synonyms: Hugo Wolf
3. German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)
   • synonyms: Friedrich August Wolf
4. a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
   • synonyms: masher, skirt chaser, woman chaser
5. a cruelly rapacious person
   • synonyms: beast, brute, savage, wildcat

WOLF verb

Definition of wolf (verb)

1. eat hastily
   • "The teenager wolfed down the pizza"
   • synonyms: wolf down