scarf down

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scarf down

verb scarfs down · scarfing down · scarfed down

US, informal, transitive To eat (something) quickly. I plan to scarf down the rest of this sandwich and get back to work.
Similar: gobble, gobble down, gobble up, scarf, scarf up, scoff, scoff down, scoff up, snarf, wolf, wolf down, wolf up

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verb eat very quickly

Français	engouffrer
Deutsch	verschlingen
Italiano	ingurgitare, ingozzare, inghiottire

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@misc{scarf_down_2026,
  title = {scarf down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scarf%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}