wolf down

English

wolf down (third-person singular simple present wolfs down, present participle wolfing down, simple past and past participle wolfed down)

(idiomatic) To consume (food) quickly, often without regard for table manners.
He wolfed down a ham sandwich..
- 1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[1]:
  Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]

consume quickly

Catalan: cruspir-se (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 狼吞虎咽 (long⁴ tan¹ fu² jin³)

Mandarin: 狼吞虎咽 (zh) (lángtūnhǔyàn)
Czech: zhltnout (cs)
Dutch: opschrokken (nl)
Finnish: (as a long-term act, the amount of the object not confined) hotkia (fi), ahmia (fi), (as a short-term act, the amount of the object confined) hotkaista (fi), ahmaista
German: verschlingen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: λαφύσσω (laphússō)
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Ido: glutegar (io)
Irish: plac, alp, slog siar
Italian: divorare (it)
Latin: tuburcinor
Maori: whāō
Romanian: mânca ca un lup, înfuleca (ro)
Spanish: zamparse (es), embucharse (es), tapiñarse (Spain, colloquial), apretarse (es) (Spain, colloquial), meterse entre pecho y espalda
Swedish: glufsa i sig (sv)