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 

• SCARF OUT (verb)

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)