different between quaff vs queef

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)

1. 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.

Translations

Noun

quaff (plural quaffs)

1. The act of quaffing; a deep draught. [from late 16th c.]

Synonyms

• chug
• gulp
• swig
• See also Thesaurus:drink

Etymology 2

Noun

quaff

1. Misspelling of coif.

English

Etymology

A variant of Scottish and northern English quiff (“a puff of wind”), of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwi?f/
• Rhymes: -i?f

Noun

queef (plural queefs)

1. (vulgar, slang) An emission of air from the vagina, especially when audible; vaginal flatulence.

   Synonyms: cunt fart, fanny fart, pussy fart, vart

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:queef.
2. (vulgar, slang) A contemptible person.

   Synonym: cunt

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:queef.

Translations

Verb

queef (third-person singular simple present queefs, present participle queefing, simple past and past participle queefed)

1. (vulgar, intransitive, slang) To produce an emission of air from the vagina.
2. (vulgar, transitive, slang) To make the noise of (a thing) by means of queefs.

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwif/

Noun

queef (plural queefs)

1. trick, ploy