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
Other popular quaffs of the day had names such as “Rattle-skull and Bombo, Cherry Bounce and Whistlebelly Vengeance.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2015
Then wonder not if proud the air Of one who’s high Apollo’s son; Nor henceforth dare thyself compare With one who quaffs at Helicon.
From Mollie Charane and Other Ballads by George Henry Borrow
