quaff

quaff
v
drink, imbibe, Inf. swig, Inf. pull, Inf. take a pull at; drain, wash down, Inf. belt, toss off, Inf. chug, Inf. chug-a-lug; gulp, swallow, guzzle, Sl. swill, soak up, drink one's fill; tipple, Archaic. bib, tope, bouse, Archaic. dram, Inf. booze; Inf. wet one's whistle, Inf. gargle, lap, lap up; drink like a fish, drink hard, drink seriously, Sl. knock a few back, Sl. dip the beak; Sl. scoop a few, Sl. liquor up, Sl. souse; carouse, wassail, revel.

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  • 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Quaff — Quaff, v. i. To drink largely or luxuriously. [1913 Webster] Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep, And quaff with blameless Ethiops in the deep. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quaff — quaff·er; quaff·ing·ly; quaff; …   English syllables

  • quaff — index carouse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • quaff — [kwɔf, kwa:f US kwa:f, kwæf] v [T] literary to drink a lot of something quickly = ↑knock back ▪ Wedding guests quaffed champagne …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • quaff — [ kwaf ] verb transitive MAINLY LITERARY to drink something quickly or with a lot of enjoyment …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • quaff — (v.) 1510s (implied in quaffer), perhaps onomatopoeic, or perhaps from Low Ger. quassen to overindulge (in food and drink), with ss misread as ff . Related: Quaffed; quaffing. The noun is from 1570s …   Etymology dictionary

  • quaff — [v] drink down down, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, ingurgitate, partake, sip, sup, swallow, swig, swill, toss; concept 169 Ant. eject …   New thesaurus

  • quaff — ► VERB ▪ drink heartily. DERIVATIVES quaffable adjective quaffer noun. ORIGIN probably imitative …   English terms dictionary

  • quaff — [kwäf, kwaf] vt., vi. [Early ModE, prob. (by misreading of ss as ff ) < LowG quassen, to overindulge (in food and drink)] to drink deeply in a hearty or thirsty way n. 1. the act of quaffing 2. a drink that is quaffed quaffer n …   English World dictionary

  • quaff|er — «KWAHF uhr, KWAF , KWAWF », noun. a person who quaffs or drinks deeply …   Useful english dictionary

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