scarf up

scarf up (third-person singular simple present scarfs up, present participle scarfing up, simple past and past participle scarfed up)

1. (US, informal) Synonym of scarf down.
   • 2009 January 23, Perdita Buchan, “Feathered Friends, Heavy Lifting Required”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 February 2021:

     Where before flocks of house sparrows were just that, now they are unwelcome visitors, scarfing up the expensive songbird feed intended for cardinals and thrushes and other less-ordinary birds.

   • 2009 July 12, Irene Lechowitzky, “At Bayfront, the view rules”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 October 2022:

     I sipped Chardonnay and Lou had draft beer while we scarfed up yummy, free cheese biscuits.

   • 2012 June 21, Monica Hesse, “Who needs TV? Just read the recap.”, in The Washington Post‎^[3], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 July 2025:

     A good recapper scarfs up the contents of a screen and spits it back out for public inspection. Look at what you just consumed.