(n.) One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
(n.) Fig.: One who gluts himself.
(n.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
(a.) Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
(v. t. & i.) To glut; to eat voraciously.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nick Offerman, the comic he-man of Parks and Recreation, stars as Ignatius J Reilly, a gluttonous and concupiscent layabout, slothfully adrift in New Orleans.
(2) The National theatre's Broadway version of One Man, Two Guvnors, starring James Corden as a gluttonous buffoon, has received seven nominations at this year's Tony Awards – but was trumped by the largely British creative team behind Once , which picked up 11 to lead the pack.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Not once do I think about what isn’t on the plate, so gluttonous is my embrace of what is.
(4) He was fortunate enough to fall in with the archetypal production team of the coke-dusted, money-swamped, excess-craving 1980s, Jerry Bruckheimer and the late Don Simpson – gluttons for style over substance and masters of the hi-concept pitch meeting – after they saw a Saab car commercial Tony had shot.
(5) You either have to be young or a glutton for punishment."
(6) In this sense (whether we agree with it or not), all modern foodists, as the Atlantic writer BR Myers argues in his incisive "Moral Crusade Against Foodies" , are certainly gluttons.
(7) The Obama campaign is now running a new campaign ad against Mitt Romney that rails against a litany of Wall Street "criminals" and "gluttons of greed", but as David Dayen astutely notes , those examples were all imprisoned during the Bush era because the Obama administration has prosecuted no significant Wall Street executives for the 2008 financial collapse and thus have none of their own examples to highlight: "So the Obama campaign could not fill a list of three Wall Street criminals that the Obama Justice Department actually sent to jail.
(8) Scott Walker announces 2016 campaign with checklist of conservative aims Read more If you are a glutton for punishment, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s Monday announcement of his presidential aspirations was just a taste of the masochistic romp ahead: all the hallmarks of everything odious and petty about the 2012 campaign are there already, only ramped up and accompanied by bad ideas copied from other states.
(9) These are men and women, living in shelters and out of their cars, who have government jobs – the kind of workers conservatives love to paint as greedy, gluttonous pigs .
(10) A study was made of the pathogenicity of brucellae culture isolated from various wild and Game animals of the extreme North of the USSR (wolf, polar fox, ermine, glutton).
(11) Hermitage and Middleton have also found a stalwart supporter in Edward Clay , the former high commissioner to Kenya, who famously spoke of gluttonous Kenyan officials "vomiting over our [Kenyans' and donors'] shoes".
(12) Vietnam is known for its fresh ingredients and healthy cuisine but Obama’s choice of bun cha, which with its fatty pork and sweet broth is at the more gluttonous end of the country’s culinary spectrum, might have raised the eyebrows of his wife Michelle who has long campaigned for healthy eating.
(13) Nobody from Bank of America or Wells Fargo or Citigroup or JPMorgan Chase or Goldman Sachs or Bear Stearns or Morgan Stanley or Merrill Lynch or even Countrywide or Ameriquest was available to stand in as a 'glutton of greed' in this advertisement.
(14) Is there any communication or entertainment or social format that has not yet been commandeered by the ravenous gastrimarge for his own gluttonous purpose?
Wolverine
Definition:
(n.) The glutton.
(n.) A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan.
Example Sentences:
(1) • Week in Geek sees Ben Child hoping James Mangold will get it right for The Wolverine , a second attempt to spin off Hugh Jackman's X-Men character.
(2) Remember when Gavin Hood, acclaimed director of Tsotsi, made X-Men Origins: Wolverine?
(3) Trichinella larvae survived up to 4 months in frozen (-6.5 to -20 C) wolverine tissue.
(4) He described the Tonys as “The only place you can see Wolverine in tap shoes,” dashing the hopes of the many X-Men fans angling for an all-singing, all-dancing sequel.
(5) Diamond’s live version of Coming to America , in which he wears a blue sequined shirt and sports fiercer sideburns than Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, needs to be watched on a regular basis.
(6) You cannot imagine Iron Man talking like Batman, Wolverine or even Thor.
(7) The announcement follows a recent production of The Wolverine, starring Australian actor Hugh Jackman, which was filmed in Sydney after the government paid Fox Studios $13.6m.
(8) And it’s neat that Twitter and Facebook and Instagram can move mountains when used in the right way.” Deadpool was apparently killed via decapitation in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but was seen rising from the rubble and whispering “shhh” to audiences in a post-credit scene.
(9) It shows if people are willing to protect nature and that political will is translated into strong legislation like the habitats directive, it’s possible to achieve results in wildlife protection.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Wolverine ( Gulo gulo ), adult, climbing a dead tree in Finland.
(10) The bears are the most abundant large carnivore in Europe with around 17,000 individuals, alongside 12,000 wolves, 9,000 Eurasian lynx and 1,250 wolverines, which are restricted to northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland.
(11) Here you'll find all manner of bizarre and useful objects, from a car mirror (apparently a bear attacked his car: these things happen to guys that print 3D) to Wolverine claws (not made by the same designer, but could have come in quite handy during the attack I imagine).
(12) The announcement comes after The Wolverine, starring Australian actor Hugh Jackman, recently wrapped up filming in Sydney.
(13) Michigan defeats Tennessee, becomes unstuck in time Despite their brave and valiant efforts, the Volunteers were not able to fend off the Wolverines – just one of many sentences that sound way more awesome if you can pretend they aren't describing a basketball game.
(14) Luckily, Kieron Gillen writes funnier jokes, but this looks like his Wolverine moment.
(15) In the case of Fantastic Four, this sea change must have come as a huge shock to 20th Century Fox, which previously posted strong box-office results for poorly reviewed superhero films such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: The Last Stand and two previous Fantastic Four movies.
(16) 14 Mercer 83-63, so the Volunteers will be facing the Michigan Wolverines in the Sweet 16.
(17) Hugh Jackman's Wolverine has featured in 2009's poorly received X-Men Origins: Wolverine and last year's The Wolverine .
(18) There's a joke about grumpy mutant berserker Wolverine: his powers must include teleportation, because he turns up in so many different comic books every month.
(19) Gambit was previously played by Taylor Kitsch in X-Men: Wolverine.
(20) Prime minister Julia Gillard said The Wolverine created more than 1,750 jobs, contracted more than 1,027 Australian companies and generated $83.6m in investment.