Meaning

1 senses

  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!

    runterkippen

    загла́тыватьzaglátyvatʹ, глота́тьglotátʹ, пить за́лпомpitʹ zálpom

More definitions
  • to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

Translations

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By meaning 1
to drink or imbibe:
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By meaning 1
to drink or imbibe:

Origin

Uncertain. Suggestions include connection with Old Irish cuäch (“cup, goblet, bowl; cauldr

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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Forms

quaffs, quaffing, quaffed, quaffed
Base formquaff · to quaff
3rd person singularquaffs
Present participlequaffing
Past simplequaffed
Past participlequaffed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyquaff
he, she, itquaffs

Past simpleLesson

all personsquaffed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave quaffed
he, she, ithas quaffed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill quaff

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught:gulpswig

Word family

4 related words
Relatedquaffer
Derivedquaffablequaffinglyunquaffed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quadruplequadrupletquagmirequail
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