Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To drink (a beverage) heartily.
- intransitive verb To drink a liquid heartily.
- noun A hearty draft of liquid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of quaffing; also, the quantity of liquor drunk at once; a draught.
- To drink; swallow in large draughts; drink of copiously or greedily.
- To drink largely or luxuriously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To drink largely or luxuriously.
- transitive verb To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
drink orimbibe , especially withvigour . - noun The act of quaffing, a deep
draught .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hearty draft
- verb to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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No one is foolish enough to quaff from the Columbia; but go ahead, be our guest.
Getting to third base with our pristine Columbia Gorge (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Sit yet a little longer, poor mother, and wait in meek expectation to lift the hats from those shining curly heads, and see those rosy lips quaff from the little silver cups; yet a little longer wait - and hope!
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But we shall continue to so quaff, mostly because "quaff" is such a cool word to type.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [147] -- Democrats Fighting The Good Fight Chris Weigant 2010
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But we shall continue to so quaff, mostly because "quaff" is such a cool word to type.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [147] -- Democrats Fighting The Good Fight Chris Weigant 2010
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But we shall continue to so quaff, mostly because "quaff" is such a cool word to type.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [147] -- Democrats Fighting The Good Fight Chris Weigant 2010
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But we shall continue to so quaff, mostly because "quaff" is such a cool word to type.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [147] -- Democrats Fighting The Good Fight Chris Weigant 2010
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But we shall continue to so quaff, mostly because "quaff" is such a cool word to type.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [147] -- Democrats Fighting The Good Fight Chris Weigant 2010
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But we shall continue to so quaff, mostly because "quaff" is such a cool word to type.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [147] -- Democrats Fighting The Good Fight Chris Weigant 2010
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But we shall continue to so quaff, mostly because "quaff" is such a cool word to type.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [147] -- Democrats Fighting The Good Fight Chris Weigant 2010
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But we shall continue to so quaff, mostly because "quaff" is such a cool word to type.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [147] -- Democrats Fighting The Good Fight Chris Weigant 2010
Dan337 commented on the word quaff
This seems to mostly happen to potions.
September 4, 2011
pterodactyl commented on the word quaff
Does anything rhyme with quaff?
I don't think it rhymes with off. To my ear, quaff and off have the same vowels as la and law, respectively.
January 21, 2017
qms commented on the word quaff
For rhymes with quaff see comments at sclaff and bibliotaph.
January 21, 2017
alexz commented on the word quaff
how about cough
or
old rhyme book at https://books.google.ca/books?id=leoIAAAAQAAJ&dq=rhyme%20dictionary&pg=PA188 and page 206
the syrup he did quaff for his 5 year cough
January 21, 2017
qms commented on the word quaff
I have just listened to a half dozen audio clips that all pronounce it to rhyme with off or cough. This is bad news for my limericks.
In my native dialect, the fast disappearing one of eastern New England, laugh and half might have the vowel that pterodactyl hears in quaff.
January 21, 2017