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[syn: gulp, quaff, swig]
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 \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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quaff
n 1: a hearty draft
v 1: to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The
men gulped down their beers" [syn: gulp, quaff, swig]