noun
Meaning 1
The act of quaffing; a deep draught.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
quaff
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /kwɒf/
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US: /kwɑf/
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US: /kwɔf/
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dated: /kwæf/
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dated: /kwɑːf/
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US: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɒf
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homophone: coif stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
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CMU ARPABET: K W AA1 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Misspelling of coif.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I can't believe you quaffed four pints of beer and could still drive!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a hearty draft
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: draft, draught, potation, tipple
verb
Meaning 5
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The men gulped down their beers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gulp, swig
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drink, imbibe
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пия на големи глътки (pija na golemi glǎtki) — to drink or imbibe
- Chinese Mandarin: 豪饮 (háoyǐn) — to drink or imbibe
- Czech: vypít — to drink or imbibe
- Czech: obrátit do sebe — to drink or imbibe
- Czech: lokat — to drink or imbibe
- Czech: vyžunknout — to drink or imbibe
- Czech: vyzunknout — to drink or imbibe
- Czech: vyžahnout — to drink or imbibe
- Esperanto: trinkegi — to drink or imbibe
- French: lamper — to drink or imbibe
- French: vider à longs traits — to drink or imbibe
- Georgian: სმა (sma) — to drink or imbibe
- Georgian: დიდი ყლუპებით სმა (didi q̇luṗebit sma) — to drink or imbibe
- German: runterkippen — to drink or imbibe
- Italian: tracannare — to drink or imbibe
- Macedonian: го́лта (gólta) — to drink or imbibe
- Portuguese: tragar — to drink or imbibe
- Russian: загла́тывать (zaglátyvatʹ) — to drink or imbibe
- Russian: глота́ть (glotátʹ) — to drink or imbibe
- Russian: пить за́лпом (pitʹ zálpom) — to drink or imbibe
- Russian: глотну́ть (glotnútʹ) — to drink or imbibe
- Russian: пивну́ть (pivnútʹ) — to drink or imbibe
- Russian: хлебну́ть (xlebnútʹ) — to drink or imbibe
- Russian: осуши́ть за́лпом (osušítʹ zálpom) — to drink or imbibe
- Sanskrit: पिबति (pibati) — to drink or imbibe
- Scottish Gaelic: sguab às — to drink or imbibe
- Spanish: pimplar — to drink or imbibe
- Spanish: trasegar — to drink or imbibe
- Spanish: drinkear — to drink or imbibe
- Tagalog: lagukin — to drink or imbibe
- Turkish: içmek — to drink or imbibe
- Turkish: kanmak — to drink or imbibe
- Turkish: kana kana içmek — to drink or imbibe
- Yiddish: זויפֿן (zoyfn) — to drink or imbibe