scarf
scarf down
To eat something very quickly and voraciously. A noun or pronoun can be used between "scarf" and "down." Let me just scarf down some breakfast, and I'll be ready to go! You don't have to scarf your food down like that—no one's going to take it away, so relax and enjoy it.
See also: down, scarf
scarf out (on something)
To eat (a specific thing) gluttonously or to excess, especially unhealthy food. Once a month, my friends and I get together and scarf out on pizza while we watch cheesy horror movies. I'll just have a salad. I've been scarfing out too much lately.
See also: out, scarf
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
scarf out
Sl. to overeat. I scarf out whenever we have pizza. My brother scarfs out every day—around the clock!
See also: out, scarf
scarf something down
Sl. to eat something, perhaps in a hurry; to swallow something, perhaps in a hurry. Are you going to scarf this whole thing down? Here, scarf down this sandwich.
See also: down, scarf
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
scarf down
v.
To eat or drink something hungrily; devour something: We scarfed down the piece of chocolate cake and asked for more. I was very hungry, so I made some soup and scarfed it down.
See also: down, scarf
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
scarf
1. tv. to eat something. Andy scarfed the whole pie.
2. in. to eat. I’ll be with you as soon as I scarf.
3. n. food. I want some good scarf. This stuff stinks.
4. tv. to steal or swipe something. The kid scarfed a candy bar, and the store owner called the cops.
5. tv. to discard something. Scarf that thing. It’s no good.
scarf out
in. to overeat. (see also blimp out, pig out, mac out.) I scarf out every weekend.
See also: out, scarf
scarf something down
tv. to eat something, perhaps in a hurry; to swallow something, perhaps in a hurry. Are you going to scarf this whole thing down?
See also: down, scarf, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- chow down
- chow something down
- ask down
- bear down
- clunk
- clunk down
- brush down
- button down
- bolt down
- call down