quaff
verb/kwɒf/
/kwæf/, /kwɑːf/
(old-fashioned or literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they quaff | /kwɒf/ /kwæf/, /kwɑːf/ |
| he / she / it quaffs | /kwɒfs/ /kwæfs/, /kwɑːfs/ |
| past simple quaffed | /kwɒft/ /kwæft/, /kwɑːft/ |
| past participle quaffed | /kwɒft/ /kwæft/, /kwɑːft/ |
| -ing form quaffing | /ˈkwɒfɪŋ/ /ˈkwæfɪŋ/, /ˈkwɑːfɪŋ/ |
- quaff something to drink a large amount of something quickly
- He watched the other customers quaffing tea and chatting.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryQuaff is used with these nouns as the object:- champagne
Word Originearly 16th cent.: probably imitative of the sound of drinking.Definitions on the go
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