wolfpack

wolfpack

See also: wolf-pack and wolf pack

English

Alternative forms

• wolf pack, wolf-pack

Etymology

wolf +‎ pack

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʊlfpæk/

Noun

wolfpack (plural wolfpacks)

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

group of wild wolves — See also translations at pack

Bulgarian: глутница (bg) f (glutnica) Chinese: Mandarin: 狼群 (láng qún) Czech: vlčí smečka f Finnish: susilauma (fi) Esperanto: luparo French: bande (fr) f, meute de loups f German: Wolfsrudel (de) n, Rudel von Wölfen n, Rudel Wölfe n Hungarian: farkasfalka Irish: conairt f Italian: branco di lupi Japanese: オオカミの群れ (ōkami no mure) Malay: kawanan serigala Polish: wataha (pl) f Portuguese: alcateia (pt) m Russian: во́лчья ста́я f (vólčʹja stája) Tibetan: སྤྱང་ཁྱུ (spyang khyu) Turkish: kurt sürüsü Volapük: lupem Welsh: cnud f

group of submarines

German: Wolfsrudel (de) n Hungarian: farkasfalka Portuguese: matilha (pt) f, alcateia (pt) f (Brazil)

Verb

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

1. to gang up in a solitary target (like a wolf pack)
   • 2017, September 6, Michael Gordon, "Online they were Heather, Megan and Kylie – adult men luring boys into making porn Sacramento Bee

     If a boy refused to take part, the predators would team up – Anderson called it "wolfpacking" – until the target complied