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SCARF OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scarf out mean?
• SCARF OUT (verb)
The verb SCARF OUT has 1 sense:
1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Familiarity information: SCARF OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
binge; englut; engorge; glut; gorge; gormandise; gormandize; gourmandize; ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; satiate; scarf out; stuff
Context example:
The kids binged on ice cream
Hypernyms (to "scarf out" is one way to...):
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples
"What would you do, Adele? Cudgel your brains for an expedient. How would a white or a pink cloud answer for a gown, do you think? And one could cut a pretty enough scarf out of a rainbow."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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