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quaff
English
Etymology 1
Of uncertain origin. Suggestions include connection with Old Irish cuäch (“cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup”) (whence Scots quaich, queff). The noun is derived from the verb.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kw?f/
- (US) IPA(key): /kw?f/, /kw?f/
- Rhymes: -?f
Verb
quaff (third-person singular simple present quaffs, present participle quaffing, simple past and past participle quaffed)
- To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts. [from mid-16th c.]
- 1594, William 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 […]
- 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.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew i 2
Translations
Noun
quaff (plural quaffs)
- The act of quaffing; a deep draught. [from late 16th c.]
Synonyms
- chug
- gulp
- swig
- See also Thesaurus:drink
Etymology 2
Noun
quaff
- Misspelling of coif.
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quaffer
English
Etymology
quaff +? -er
Noun
quaffer (plural quaffers)
- One who quaffs.
- 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica (page 354)
- It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]
- 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica (page 354)
- (informal) A quaffable wine.
Synonyms
- (quaffable wine): glugger
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