"wolfpack" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwʊlfpæk/ Forms: wolfpacks [plural]
Etymology: From 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.
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  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: 20 48 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tibetan translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 64 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 62 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 66 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 68 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 68 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 3 71 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 64 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 3 73 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 68 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 64 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 79 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 67 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 73 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 67 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 67 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 3 70 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 69 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 66 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 70 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 67 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 69 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Tibetan translations: 3 68 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 3 71 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 4 67 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 5 64 30 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': 45 55

Verb

IPA: /ˈwʊlfpæk/ Forms: wolfpacks [present, singular, third-person], wolfpacking [participle, present], wolfpacked [participle, past], wolfpacked [past]
Etymology: From 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

Alternative forms

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        "(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."
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      "ipa": "/ˈwʊlfpæk/"
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      "word": "wolf pack"
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      "word": "wolf-pack"
    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glutnica",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глутница"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "láng qún",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "word": "狼群"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vlčí smečka"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wolvenroedel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "roedel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "word": "luparo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "word": "susilauma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bande"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meute de loups"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wolfsrudel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Rudel von Wölfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Rudel Wölfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "word": "farkasfalka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conairt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "word": "branco di lupi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōkami no mure",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "word": "オオカミの群れ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "word": "kawanan serigala"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wataha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alcateia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vólčʹja stája",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "во́лчья ста́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manada"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "spyang khyu",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "word": "སྤྱང་ཁྱུ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "word": "kurt sürüsü"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "word": "lupem"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "group of wild wolves — see also pack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cnud"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "group of submarines",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wolfsrudel"
    },
    {
      "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"
}

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        {
          "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"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwʊlfpæk/"
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    "Wolfpack (naval tactic)"
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