Definition for: quaff

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English

Etymology

From Irish, Gaelic cauch , Scots quaich , queff , a cup.

Pronunciation

• British SAMPA: /kwQf/
• (US) SAMPA: /kwOf/
• IPA: /'kwɒf/

Rhymes: -æf

Synonyms

• chug
• gulp
• swig

Verb

to quaff ( third-person singular simple present quaffs , present participle quaffing , simple past quaffed , past participle quaffed )

1. To drink or imbibe, especially with vigour.

Quotations

• 1594 — Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew i 2

  Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, / And quaff carouses to our mistress' health

• 1667 — John Milton, Paradise Lost Book V

  They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet

  Quaff immortality and joy...

• 1845 — Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

  Quaff , oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!

• 1852 — Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

  Even while quaffing the third draught of the Fountain of Youth, they were almost awed by the expression of his mysterious visage.

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Other Translations for "quaff"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		quaff
Hex		71 f5 e1 66 66
Pig Latin		affquay

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