quaff

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points: 20
Words With Friends: 21
Letters: 5

Pronunciation

/kwɒf/ (UK)

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/kwɒf/ (UK) · /kwɑf/ (US) · /kwɔf/ (US) · /kwæf/ · /kwɑːf/

Definition of quaff

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

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!”
“Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, / And quaff carouses to our mistress' health”
“They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy […]”
“Sometimes the memory of her peaceful life at Florence obtruded itself upon her, and more than that, her charitable occupations when she attended the sick in that city, and whence, as from a rough-hewn chalice containing nectarian drink, she had quaffed happiness.”
“Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!”

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verb

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!”
“Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, / And quaff carouses to our mistress' health”
“They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy […]”
“Sometimes the memory of her peaceful life at Florence obtruded itself upon her, and more than that, her charitable occupations when she attended the sick in that city, and whence, as from a rough-hewn chalice containing nectarian drink, she had quaffed happiness.”
“Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!”

noun

The act of quaffing; a deep draught.
(alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of coif.

“There were loverbird songs and loverbird trinkets, loverbird hats and pins, bangles and baubles, coins and quaffs and tidbits.”
“I'm actually gonna miss @sreizis and seeing him and his perfectly groomed quaff everyday in every class.”
“The Miley Cyrus new hair photos reveal the former Hannah Montana star sporting a bowl cut of sorts that isn’t receiving all good news at this point. Cyrus revealed her new quaff this Tuesday with friends while relaxing outside a local Los Angeles recording studio.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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.