"wolfpack" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwʊlfpæk/ Forms: wolfpacks [plural]
Etymology: wolf + pack Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wolf|pack}} wolf + pack Head templates: {{en-noun}} wolfpack (plural wolfpacks)
  1. A family or other group of wild wolves.
    Sense id: en-wolfpack-en-noun-TXotBPyh
  2. (historical, nautical, military) During World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Military, Nautical Categories (lifeform): Wolves Translations (group of submarines): Wolfsrudel [neuter] (German), farkasfalka (Hungarian), matilha [feminine] (Portuguese), alcateia [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-wolfpack-en-noun-lh7jJvV7 Disambiguation of Wolves: 24 45 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 72 27 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war Disambiguation of 'group of submarines': 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wolf pack, wolf-pack Translations (group of wild wolves — see also pack): глутница (glutnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 狼群 (láng qún) (Chinese Mandarin), vlčí smečka [feminine] (Czech), wolvenroedel [masculine] (Dutch), roedel [masculine] (Dutch), luparo (Esperanto), susilauma (Finnish), bande [feminine] (French), meute de loups [feminine] (French), Wolfsrudel [neuter] (German), Rudel von Wölfen [neuter] (German), Rudel Wölfe [neuter] (German), farkasfalka (Hungarian), conairt [feminine] (Irish), branco di lupi (Italian), オオカミの群れ (ōkami no mure) (Japanese), kawanan serigala (Malay), wataha [feminine] (Polish), alcateia [masculine] (Portuguese), во́лчья ста́я (vólčʹja stája) [feminine] (Russian), manada [feminine] (Spanish), སྤྱང་ཁྱུ (spyang khyu) (Tibetan), kurt sürüsü (Turkish), lupem (Volapük), cnud [feminine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'group of wild wolves — see also pack': 48 52

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈwʊlfpæk/ Forms: wolfpacks [present, singular, third-person], wolfpacking [participle, present], wolfpacked [participle, past], wolfpacked [past]
Etymology: wolf + pack Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wolf|pack}} wolf + pack Head templates: {{en-verb}} wolfpack (third-person singular simple present wolfpacks, present participle wolfpacking, simple past and past participle wolfpacked)
  1. To gang up on a solitary target, in the manner of a pack of wolves.
    Sense id: en-wolfpack-en-verb-G6ppMeFe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wolf pack, wolf-pack

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "group of submarines",
      "word": "farkasfalka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of submarines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matilha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of submarines",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alcateia"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Wolfpack (naval tactic)"
  ],
  "word": "wolfpack"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Wolves"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wolf",
        "3": "pack"
      },
      "expansion": "wolf + pack",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "wolf + pack",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wolfpacks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfpacking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfpacked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfpacked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wolfpack (third-person singular simple present wolfpacks, present participle wolfpacking, simple past and past participle wolfpacked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2017, September 6, Michael Gordon, \"Online they were Heather, Megan and Kylie – adult men luring boys into making porn Sacramento Bee\nIf a boy refused to take part, the predators would team up – Anderson called it \"wolfpacking\" – until the target complied"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gang up on a solitary target, in the manner of a pack of wolves."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gang up on",
          "gang up on"
        ],
        [
          "solitary",
          "solitary"
        ],
        [
          "target",
          "target"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwʊlfpæk/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wolf pack"
    },
    {
      "word": "wolf-pack"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Wolfpack (naval tactic)"
  ],
  "word": "wolfpack"
}

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