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   wolf

   /wo͝olf/

   noun

   • 1. a wild carnivorous mammal of the dog family, living and hunting in packs. It is native to both Eurasia and North America, but has been widely exterminated.
   • ▪ used in names of mammals similar or related to the wolf, e.g. maned wolf, Tasmanian wolf.
   • 2. used figuratively to refer to a rapacious, ferocious, or voracious person or thing: "he calls the media ravening wolves"
   • ▪ a man who habitually seduces women: informal "he's the archetypal wolf in Armani threads"
   • 3. a harsh or out-of-tune effect produced when playing particular notes or intervals on a musical instrument, caused either by the instrument's construction or by divergence from equal temperament.

   verb

   • 1. devour (food) greedily: "he wolfed down his breakfast"

   Word Origin Old Englishwulf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wolf and German Wolf, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lupus and Greek lukos. The verb dates from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wolflike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • W

     4

   • O

     1

   • L

     1

   • F

     4

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