# wolfing

Pronunciation: say "WUULF-ing" /ˈwʊlfɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of wolf. — present participle and gerund of wolf
   - Simple: Present participle of wolf. Use this form for something happening now, often after "is" or "was."
   - _She sat wolfing the sandwich as the train pulled into the station._
   - _Wolfing his breakfast in two minutes, he barely tasted a thing._

## Noun

2. The hunting of wolves to obtain their skins.
   - Simple: The activity of hunting wolves to get their fur.
   - _Wolfing once offered a steady income to hunters along the frontier._
   - _The decline of wolfing followed the near-disappearance of wild wolf populations._

## Origin

Formed from "wolf" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wolfing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).