wolfpack

See also: wolf-pack and wolf pack

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

wolf +‎ pack

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwʊlfpæk/

Noun

wolfpack (plural wolfpacks)

  1. A family or other group of wild wolves.
  2. (historical, nautical, military) 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

Verb

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

  1. To gang up on a solitary target, in the manner of a pack of wolves.
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