Quaff

//kwɑf// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of quaffing; a deep draught.
  2. 2
    Misspelling of coif. alt-of, misspelling

    "There were loverbird songs and loverbird trinkets, loverbird hats and pins, bangles and baubles, coins and quaffs and tidbits."

  3. 3
    a hearty draft wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.

    "I can't believe you quaffed four pints of beer and could still drive!"

  2. 2
    to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught wordnet

Synonyms

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gulpswigbeveragebibboozebumper

Example

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"I can't believe you quaffed four pints of beer and could still drive!"

Etymology

Uncertain. 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.

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