wolfpack

See also: wolf-pack and wolf pack

English

Alternative forms

• wolf pack, wolf-pack

Etymology

From wolf +‎ pack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʊlfpæk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

wolfpack (plural wolfpacks)

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

   Synonym: pack

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

group of wild wolves — see also pack

• Bulgarian: глутница (bg) f (glutnica)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狼群 (láng qún)

• Czech: vlčí smečka f
• Dutch: wolvenroedel m, roedel (nl) m
• Esperanto: luparo
• Finnish: susilauma (fi)
• French: bande (fr) f, meute de loups f
• German: Wolfsrudel (de) n, Rudel von Wölfen n, Rudel Wölfe n
• Hungarian: farkasfalka (hu)
• 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)
• Spanish: manada (es) f
• Swedish: vargflock (sv) c
• Tibetan: སྤྱང་ཁྱུ (spyang khyu)
• Turkish: kurt sürüsü
• Volapük: lupem
• Welsh: cnud f

group of submarines

• German: Wolfsrudel (de) n
• Hungarian: farkasfalka (hu)
• 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 on a solitary target, in the manner of a pack of wolves.
   • 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