scarf

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 References 2 Old High German 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)f

[edit] Noun

scarf (plural scarves or scarfs)

1. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
2. A headscarf.
3. A type of joint in woodworking.

[edit] Synonyms

• muffler

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to scarf (third-person singular simple present scarfs, present participle scarfing, simple past and past participle scarfed)

1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
   • My sea-gown scarfed about me. -- Shakespeare.
2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
3. (transitive, US, slang) To eat very quickly.

   You sure scarfed that pizza.

4. To shape by grinding.

[edit] Usage notes

The more usual of the slang term in the UK is scoff.

[edit] Derived terms

• scarf down

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• scarf in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, whence also Old English scearp, Old Norse skarpr

[edit] Adjective

scarf

1. sharp