"eat like an animal" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: eats like an animal [present, singular, third-person], eating like an animal [participle, present], ate like an animal [past], eaten like an animal [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|eat<,,ate,eaten> like an animal}} eat like an animal (third-person singular simple present eats like an animal, present participle eating like an animal, simple past ate like an animal, past participle eaten like an animal)
  1. (simile, informal) To eat large amounts of food, especially when in a greedy and sloppy manner. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-eat_like_an_animal-en-verb-fKquOhW4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English similes

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