man-eating
Americanadjective
adjective
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eating human flesh
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informal (of a woman) having many lovers
Etymology
Origin of man-eating
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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The film tells the story of a desperate university student applying for a shady part-time job that takes him deep into the woods where he encounters a ravenous, man-eating bear.
From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025
But it took an interviewer calling her a "man-eating, confident assassin" to realise "if that's what people think of me then I need to be more open and let people in".
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
After graduating in 2019 with a degree in musical theater, he was cast as a puppeteer for the man-eating plant Audrey II in a production of “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Pasadena Playhouse.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024
The idea of "man-eating plants" has long captured our macabre imaginations.
From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023
“The man-eating tigers, the spinning blades...But I still think a few ballerinas would be nice.”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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