Quaff

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Synonyms 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Quotations 1.4.2 Translations

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• chug
• gulp
• swig

Verb

Infinitive to quaff

Third person singular quaffs

Simple past quaffed

Past participle quaffed

Present participle quaffing

1. To drink or imbibe, especially with vigour.

Quotations

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• 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.

Translations

Arabic: يتجرع French: boire cul sec

Italian: sbevazzare

fr:quaff it:quaff