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Word entry · 5 letters

quaff

Best crossword clue

"Drink heartily"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kwɒf/Part of speech verb, nounSorted affquStarts with QEnds with F1 clues
1Q2U3A4F5F

Definitions

  1. to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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 […]

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