quaff
verb (used without object)
to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
quaffs
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present tense formof quaff (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Patent absurdity, of course, as much then as now — no matter how many 3D-printed organs we churn out, how long we extend our telomeres, nor how many quaffs of plasma we down.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2023
In other Trump paintings on view, Saul paints the president’s blonde quaffs floating around a canvas.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2020
Before the quaffs of Champagne, though, I had to do some legwork.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2016
Both the Port City Optimal Wit and the 3 Stars Above the Clouds, a refreshing farmhouse pale ale, are perfect summer quaffs.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2015
And thou, a lord of Barbary even as we, Thou, brother of our blood, like one at sup Who quaffs his fill and flings away the cup, Hast flung to the Greeks my city!
From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes
