Quaff \Quaff\, v. i.
To drink largely or luxuriously.
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Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep,
And quaff with blameless Ethiops in the deep. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Quaff \Quaff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quaffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quaffing.] [For quach, fr. Gael. & Ir. cuach a drinking
cup; cf. L. caucus a drinking vessel. Cf. Quaigh.]
To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in
large draughts. "Quaffed off the muscadel." --Shak.
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They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet
Quaff immortality and joy. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
quaff
n : a hearty draft
v : to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men
gulped down their beers" [syn: gulp, swig]
WordNet (r) 2.0
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "quaff":
beverage, bib, booze, bumper, draft, drain the cup, dram, drench,
drink, drink bottoms-up, drink deep, drink hard, drink in,
drink off, drink to, drink up, follow strong drink, gargle, grog,
gulp, guzzle, imbibe, knock back, lap, lap up, libation, nip, peg,
pledge, portion, potation, pull, sip, slurp, snort, soak, suck,
suck in, suckle, sup, swallow, swig, swill, tipple, toast, tope,
toss, toss down, toss off, tot, wash down
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
gulp, swig
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