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Word entry · 5 letters

quaff

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"Drink heartily"

5 letters · collected on this word page

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

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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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