wolfpack

See also: wolf-pack and wolf pack

English

Alternative forms

• wolf pack, wolf-pack

Etymology

wolf +‎ pack

Noun

wolfpack (plural wolfpacks)

1. A family or other group of wild wolves.
2. (historical) During World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships.

Translations

group of wild wolves — see also pack

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狼群 (láng qún)

• Czech: vlčí smečka f
• Finnish: susilauma (fi)
• French: bande (fr) f, meute de loups f
• German: Wolfsrudel (de) n, Rudel von Wölfen n, Rudel Wölfe n
• Hungarian: farkasfalka
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• Japanese: オオカミの群れ (ōkami no mure)
• Malay: kawanan serigala
• Polish: wilcze stado n
• Portuguese: alcateia (pt) m
• Russian: во́лчья ста́я f (vólčʹja stája)
• Tibetan: སྤྱང་ཁྱུ (spyang khyu)
• Volapük: lupem
• Welsh: cnud f

group of submarines

• German: Wolfsrudel (de) n
• Hungarian: farkasfalka
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• Portuguese: matilha (pt) f

Verb

wolfpack (third-person singular simple present wolfpacks, present participle wolfpacking, simple past and past participle wolfpacked)

1. to gang up in a solitary target (like a wolf pack)
   • May 2017 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/bieber-trap-gordon-chalmers-paedophiles-and-grooming/news-story/9498f6d09c6f33f3ed785d4213ee5bd2

   • September 2017 http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article171498322.html