quaff Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a hearty draft
  2. verb to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
    gulp; swig.
    • The men gulped down their beers

WordNet

Quaff transitive verb
Etymology
For quach, fr. Gael. & Ir. cuach a drinking cup; cf. L. caucus a drinking vessel. Cf. Quaigh.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Quaffed ; present participle & verbal noun Quaffing
Definitions
  1. To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts. "Quaffed off the muscadel." Shak.
    They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy. Milton.
Quaff intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To drink largely or luxuriously.
    Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep, And quaff with blameless Ethiops in the deep. Dryden.

Webster 1913