Scof

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

  1. To eat food quickly and greedily, often with great appetite ; a lavish feast or large meal enjoyed in quantity
  2. Gobbling food hungrily and with little restraint ; an abundant spread of food, such as a festive banquet
  3. To devour a meal voraciously like a hungry glutton ; a sumptuous, plentiful repast eaten with enthusiasm

Etymology: Eating "scoff" is often confused with the more familiar sense "to mock." The two may share a Scandinavian source, but the eating sense has its own history, and its exact origin is uncertain. It belongs to a group of words that were common in northern English and Scots dialects, where a "scoff" could also be a meal or a feast. Because the origin is uncertain, it is safest to say the eating verb is best understood as a dialect word that spread into wider English, where it still means to gobble food quickly and greedily.