scoff down
B1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To eat something very fast, usually in big mouthfuls.
Meanings
1 B1
idiomatic
informal
To eat food rapidly and greedily.
"He scoffed down his dinner in five minutes and immediately asked for more."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Primarily British English. Note that 'scoff at' is an entirely different phrasal verb meaning to mock something — be careful not to confuse them. 'Scoff down' is the eating sense. Very common in informal British speech.
Commonly used with
food dinner lunch cake chips meal
Forms
Base
scoff down
I/you/we/they
3rd person
scoffs down
he/she/it
Past simple
scoffed down
yesterday
Past participle
scoffed down
have + pp
-ing form
scoffing down
continuous
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