Definitions for Quaff
kwɒf, kwæf, kwɔfquaff

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quaffverb

   a hearty draft

2. gulp, quaff, swigverb

   to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

   "The men gulped down their beers"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quaffnoun

   The act of quaffing, a deep draught.

2. quaffverb

   To drink or imbibe, especially with vigour.

3. Etymology: Attested since the mid 16th century, of uncertain origin. Suggestions include connection with Irish Gaelic cauch (whence Scots quaich, queff). The noun is derived from the verb, since the later 16th century.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To QUAFFverb

   To drink; to swallow in large draughts.

   Etymology: of this word the derivation is uncertain: Franciscus Junius, with his usual idleness of conjecture, derives it from the Greek, χυαφίζειν in the Eolick dialect used for χυαϑίζειν. Stephen Skinner from go off, as go off, guoff, quoff, quaff. It comes from coeffer, Fr. to be drunk.

   He calls for wine; a health, quoth he, as if
   H’ad been abroad carousing to his mates
   After a storm, quafft off the muscadel,
   And threw the sops all in the sexton’s face. William Shakespeare.

   I found the prince,
   With such a deep demeanour in great sorrow,
   That tyranny, which never quafft but blood,
   Would, by beholding him, have wash’d his knife
   With gentle eye drops. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

   On flow’rs repos’d, and with rich flow’rets crown’d,
   They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet
   Quaff immortality and joy. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. v.

2. To Quaffverb

   To drink luxuriously.

   We may contrive this afternoon,
   And quaff carouses to our mistress’ health. William Shakespeare.

   Belshazzer, quaffing in the sacred vessels of the temple, sees his fatal sentence writ by the fingers of God. South.

   Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep,
   And quaff with blameless Ethiops in the deep. Dryden.

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1. quaff

   To quaff means to drink heartily or to gulp down a beverage, particularly an alcoholic one. It involves consuming a drink quickly or in large gulps.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quaffverb

   to drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts

2. Quaffverb

   to drink largely or luxuriously

3. Etymology: [For quach, fr. Gael. & Ir. cuach a drinking cup; cf. L. caucus a drinking vessel. Cf. Quaigh.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quaff

   kwaf, v.t. to drink in large draughts.—v.i. to drink largely.—n. Quaff′er. [Quach, quaich,—Gael. and Ir. cuach, a bowl.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Quaff in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Quaff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Quaff
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Quaff
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Quaff
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Quaff
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Quaff