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"form": "wolfs down",
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"singular",
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},
{
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{
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"text": "He wolfed down a ham sandwich.",
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"ref": "1975, Mountain, numbers 45–52, Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales), page 32, column 1",
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{
"ref": "1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times",
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"To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners."
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"(idiomatic) To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners."
],
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},
{
"word": "scarf down"
},
{
"word": "hoover up"
},
{
"word": "gorge"
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "cruspir-se"
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{
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "embocar"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "long⁴ tan¹ fu² jin³",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "狼吞虎咽"
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"roman": "lángtūnhǔyàn",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "狼吞虎咽"
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "zhltnout"
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "opschrokken"
},
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"note": "as a long-term act, the amount of the object not confined",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "hotkia"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "ahmia"
},
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"note": "as a short-term act, the amount of the object confined",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "verschlingen"
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"sense": "consume quickly",
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{
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"sense": "consume quickly",
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},
{
"code": "izh",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "ahmastaa söövvä"
},
{
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "ahtaa söövvä"
},
{
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"word": "mukertaa söövvä"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "plac"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "alp"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "slog siar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "divorare"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "tuburcinor"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "whāō"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "mânca ca un lup"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "înfuleca"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "meterse entre pecho y espalda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "glufsa i sig"
},
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "llowcio"
},
{
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "sgramio"
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "sglaffio"
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "lleibio"
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"(idiomatic) To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners."
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "cruspir-se"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "embocar"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "long⁴ tan¹ fu² jin³",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "狼吞虎咽"
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{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lángtūnhǔyàn",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "狼吞虎咽"
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "zhltnout"
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{
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "opschrokken"
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{
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"sense": "consume quickly",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "verschlingen"
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"sense": "consume quickly",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
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{
"code": "izh",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "ahmia söövvä"
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{
"code": "izh",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "ahmastaa söövvä"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "ahtaa söövvä"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "mukertaa söövvä"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "plac"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "alp"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "slog siar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "divorare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "tuburcinor"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "whāō"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "mânca ca un lup"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "înfuleca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "zamparse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "embucharse"
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{
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"sense": "consume quickly",
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{
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "meterse entre pecho y espalda"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "glufsa i sig"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "consume quickly",
"word": "llowcio"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "consume quickly",
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"word": "sglaffio"
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"word": "wolf down"
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