To consume (food) quickly and without regard for table manners.
He wolfed down a ham sandwich.
He wolfed down a huge breakfast of 6 eggs, 4 pieces of toast and a dozen strips of bacon, then he finished a whole melon. All while drinking a quart of orange juice, and he did in just a few minutes!
to wolf down (third-person singular simple present wolfs down, present participle wolfing down, simple past and past participle wolfed down)
This entry is in conjunction with a previous post for the expression, inhale (see Jan. 23rd's entry), which brings us to our next word, voracious, which means:
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
Having a great appetite for anything
My nephew is voracious. I'm sure he could win an eating contest!
Every time I see him, he has a book open. He's a a voracious reader.
Today's idiom is cheap shot, which means
An unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person
An illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence in contact sports.
In front of everyone in the office, he said that Steve's suit looked cheap. It may be true, but it was a cheap shot.
The player was running down the field when suddenly he was given a cheap shot by an opponent from behind. The referee's never saw it!
Just after the bell rang to end the boxing round, one fighter cheap shot the other as he was walking away toward his corner.
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