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Definition of scarf verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

scarf

verb
 
/skɑːf/
 
/skɑːrf/
(North American English)
(British English scoff)
[intransitive, transitive] (informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scarf
 
/skɑːf/
 
/skɑːrf/
he / she / it scarfs
 
/skɑːfs/
 
/skɑːrfs/
past simple scarfed
 
/skɑːft/
 
/skɑːrft/
past participle scarfed
 
/skɑːft/
 
/skɑːrft/
-ing form scarfing
 
/ˈskɑːfɪŋ/
 
/ˈskɑːrfɪŋ/
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  1. scarf (something) to eat a lot of something quickly
    Word Originverb 1960s: variant of scoff in the sense ‘eat quickly and greedily’.
See scarf in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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